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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I get all the points being made. I'm not saying to trade Kuzmenko tomorrow. But if you can trade him for a high pick and then sign a similar player in UFA, wouldn't you?
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But you can’t sign a similar player in UFA - they’ll be worse, they’ll cost more for longer, and there’s no guarantee they fit with the players you have already.
This player is a 40 goal scorer when not being coached by Rick Tochett.
Kuzmenko isn’t perfect but he works with the players you have under contract, and it seems very unlikely that he will need a prohibitive number of years to retain.
Russian NHLers don’t want to go back to Russia if they can help it.