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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
To me, the long term contracts (8 years) need to be reserved for:
- promising young players (<25) on their second contracts
- elite core players (<28) that project to be top line or top D for majority of contract
- elite free agents (30 or younger) to augment your core only when you’re in your win now window
No exceptions. Rasmus doesnt fit this criteria and to me is clearly an asset you move.
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All the ‘trade Rasmus now’ discussion smacks of Markstrom this time last year. This forum was in a tizzy about ‘you have to trade Markstrom right now to maximize return’.
Needless to say, it didn’t happen. Was the Devils offer better then than what the deal turned out to be? Who knows. I doubt many, if anyone, who frequents this forum unequivocally does. And if there are, I don’t recall them spilling the beans, not that I expect they would.