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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
On Coleman, certainly his strong play this year and goals doesn't hurt, but I also am not sure how much it actually boosts his value.
Teams acquiring him will be doing so, not to get a 25 goal scorer, because he likely will be in a less prominent role offensively. Probably won't be getting PP time for example because those contending teams already have strong first and second units.
They'll be acquiring him because of his two-way play, elite PK, leadership, and championship pedigree. And because he helps those he plays with.
And I don't know if that changes much this year v. next.
So then you have the value gap from him being available for this season and next v. as a rental next season. I agree that means you probably get more for him this year but he also may be more open to more teams next year as a rental, which could open the market up wider.
I think when I outlined this before though someone called these arguments "flimsy".
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The all around game/intangibles comment is a valid point. I think it's also fair that those things are likely not going to get better next year, they do however have a far more likely chance to get worse.
Coleman is a great pro so I don't think he's going to fall off a cliff in the next 12 months but father time is indeed undefeated and I'm not sure if the potential value gained from him being a rental versus a 1.5 year guy is higher than the potential value lost of him losing a step.
Point being, it would be a massive shame to move a guy for pennies on the dollar when there probably are and will continue to be good offers this year. Willing to bet we're not sitting here this time next year being like "oh man we could have gotten way more for Coleman, shouldn't have moved him so quick".
I'm with you on that last point, don't think those arguments are "flimsy" at all.