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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
But given where this team looks to be going this year, I'm not really on board with such an expensive veteran laden defense. I would say that is less than great management of our personnel.
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I would assume management is on the same page with said opinion. That being said, they need to responsibly move the vets to make room for the kids. Having vets on extremely short leashes and throwing them to the minors the moment you have a kid that seems promising is poor management from a business perspective as well as an optics perspective for future FAs or players waiting NMC/NTC or even contract extensions.
Perhaps the lack of movement so far from Treliving is driving fans crazy, but one would hope (me too) that he makes a huge splash around TDL to address said issue. That being said, we know that he's fighting one hell of a uphill battle due to the expensive salaries on hand. If we don't want them, who else would? You'd probably have to pair other assets to get rid of them or retain salary. We could easily trade Wideman if we put him with our 1st and other kids like Andersson or Kylington, but that's counter productive.
Kulak, Wotherspoon, Andersson, Kylington and many others look like promising NHLers. Let's hope the D situation is dealt with sooner than later and in a responsible manner.