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Originally Posted by devo22
Cheese is approaching this exactly how he needs to IMO. Split McDavid into 4 assets, then split Point into multiple assets. Grow back a prospect pool, stockpile young assets. Caps are going to be fine.
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I like the assets but when the season is over, lottery day is approaching, the value of a pick slotted in the top 5 and a chance at being #1 is extremely valuable. At one point Rav and I had discussions of 7 1sts for Bedard and one of the 1sts ended up being Celebrinni due to a lottery win for Rav. The trade got held up as I demanded CGY 1st in 2024 and Rav would not include it and wanted to do 6 1sts. I should have done it, but when you get a young superstar at the top of the draft, other assets don't look that good anymore and the asset rich team will pay a ton to get that guy.
I still ended up with a haul for Bedard, but who wins that trade relies on where the picks I got end up in the 2026 draft.
Of course, Cheese will fix that team, but Mcdavid could have got him his 1st back. For me that should be move 1, if he plans to rebuild.