min not saying it’d be the end of the world. I don’t think Dekeyser is over paid and hope he doesn’t have ongoing injury issues. I doubt he gets a pay raise. At this point I’d protect ddk over Lindstrom. That could change in the future. Mcisaac will not be up next year. And colo likely still has struggles honestly.
I thought Dekeyser was overpaid for a couple of seasons there, but last season and starting this year he was looking better. I'm thinking that when the expansion draft rolls around two summers from now, Dekeyser will be 31 with just a year left on his deal. And we'll probably have at least one other "older" vet, likely two, also on the books from free agent signings/trades and who will also likely be exposed. Going forward, is an aging Dekeyser going to be worth more to the club at that point than his younger counterparts?
That's why I keep Lindstrom and Cholowski over him. Now, if we have a guy like Krug or Pietrangelo then one of those kids is definitely exposed. I'm not really expecting that sort of signing, though.