notDatsyuk
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Its a catch 22 quite frankly IMO
- Dubas' contract is not renewed so IMO he should not be allowed to make any substantial changes to the team that might ruin team's future
- but at the same time both Matthews and Nylander are pending UFAs in 2024 (season after this) with their NTCs kicking in July 1, 2023. marner's NTC also kicks in at the same time even though he will be a pending UFA in 2025 (another worthy decision).
- no guarantee that matthews/nylander re-sign with us. And suppose they were willing to re-sign where is the cap going to come from? Nylander is at minimum 9AAV to 10 AAV player with the way he has performed; Matthews will probably be looking at 14 to 16 AAV IMO
- and suppose somehow one is able to accommodate both matthews and nylander; then the depth will suffer even more so including D and goalie.
Maybe we'll be really lucky and they'll all take cheap bridge deals for two years at no more than their current level, which will take us until the Tavares disaster is off the books.