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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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Personally, I think the Mackenzie Weegar signing was a good one for the Flames, and he doesn't fall into your restrictive criteria.
I'm generally on board, from an asset management perspective, with trading Andersson. But there's a lot more to building a team than only asset management (although it's important).
I'm good either way at this point.