How is the answer not Backlund or Gio?
- two longest serving members on team
- two leaders on the team with letters
- oldest dman and 2nd oldest forward on team with term (Lucic isn’t going anywhere so not much to do about the oldest by 9 months)
- higher cap hit contracts
- both have value around the league and it may be wise to cash in before their play falls off (more so for Backs as Gio only has 1 year left)
The changes in the core should start with these two IMO and I personally lean more towards Backlund because if we keep Gio we can trade him at the trade deadline for a good haul.
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