Lol 'last chance for the core'. We got a rocket Richard winner and a guy that was 4th overall in scoring, and people wanna trade these guys away? They're not even in their prime!
They wont' be here for their prime. Their prime will be in between 26-30
Crosby took his team to the finals at age of 22 and won it in the age of 23
Stamkos took his team to the finals at age of 24
Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews at the age of 23 and 24
The problem isn't that they(Matthews and Marner) are not taking their team to the finals, they can't even get it through first round. They dont' produce at the level they are getting paid
Other players got paid after they delivered, after they show cased their success.
Take a look at the playoff numbers by Patrick Kane, Toews, Stamkos, Crosby and now Mackinnon. They were playoff warriors at this age where Marner and Matthews is now