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Originally Posted by butterfly
McDavid's prime is almost over if it isn't already. They had arguably the two best players in the league and failed.
I'd have a really tough time thinking about whether or not to let Draisaitl play it out in a contract year and go for it one last time, or just reboot it now. When are you ever going to have the opportunity to get a fortune of premium picks and prospects like this ever again? But I must admit they have a legitimate look at it this year, so that'd be the decision. They won the Cup after they traded Gretzky which was supposed to be the apocalypse.
Buying their 30s is a non-starter for me. It's a sucker's bet.
The idea is to get players like this (and Nugent-Hopkins, who I was quite impressed with these last playoffs) and give them 3, 4, 5, 6 chances together. They did that and it didn't work for a ton of reasons, primarily their failure to build a good defense. So reboot it.
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I think this punts too early. The next 2 years there team will have a better than average chance at winning the cup. To sell now and not ice a team that is cup contending seems foolish. Your two years early.