mr grieves
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Significantly Insignificant said:mr grieves said:Significantly Insignificant said:Nik the Trik said:Likewise, the second rounder being a year out doesn't just throw its value into question based on where it is, it also makes any player taken with it a year further away.
I would buy that argument if the rebuild hinged on trading Phanuef. I don't think it does. They could have kept Phanuef, and I would have been okay with it. A pick in any draft still has value as it is an added prospect in the talent pool.
In the absence of CapGeek or time to explore its replacements, it's hard for me to know... But perhaps it won't be too insulting to ask here: what about keeping a young, emergent just-about-contending core together in 2019 or 2020? Reilly and Kadri need raises now. Before then (?), Nylander, Marner, and this year's first will need a not insubstantial post-ELC contracts. One or two of the scads of 'top 6 potential' prospects might pan out. And aside from needing cap space to pay all those guys, you'll likely want to find value -- not an overpayment -- on the second pairing. The rebuild itself mightn't be contingent on getting rid of Phaneuf, but maybe enjoying its fruits will be.
I understood the point he was making, that the sooner the prospects are taken the sooner they can start to contribute to winning on a cheaper contract. I was looking at it from the other angle where having a pipeline of prospects coming in isn't necessarily a bad thing.
... Sure. I was just wondering if there being no 35 year old, $7m #3 defensemen on the team in 2019 would be essential to signing Marner, Nylander, 2016 1st rounder, etc.