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I think it's just one of those situations where the team should have a contingency in place should the Wings get the 1st overall pick. I know it's quite unlikely, but all 3 pieces fit into our team and would be contributes in our next window to compete. I really would like to see us being somewhat aggressive and try to address our defence via Gardiner. He'll only be 29 next season and if we were to give him a 5-6 year deal he should still be a 2nd pairing guy during the end of the contract.
As for the 2nd point of discussion I think that's a tough one for me. I've always been arguing a deal in which we give up 2 1sts, a 2nd, and a 3rd, I wouldn't create an offer sheet in which we move 4 1sts. I believe the maximuim deals we could offer and keep it in that range of compensation would be a 5 year deal worth 50.17M, AAV of 10.14M, or a 6 year deal at 50.17M, AAV of 8.45M. Point has worked his way into the upper echelon of 1Cs and I have a hard time seeing the 2 1sts we would give up for him being able to provide more value.
Realistically, an offer sheet to Point is 1-2 years too early. We still have too many unknowns: we don't have an established top 4 dman under the age of 25, Hronek/McIassic/Cholo need to prove that they're capable of those minutes; we have just 2 proven top 6 forwards in Mantha and Larkin, AA and maybe Bertuzzi are looking like middle 6ers; our current #1G is 34 with no heir apparent; and we have 3 anchor level contracts too. It is very much wishful thinking on my part to think we would or even should offer sheet Point at this time. In reality it's a reckless and a damaging move for the rebuild if we were to sign him and not address the other issues on the team. It is really just a devils advocate argument in the event that we have everything go in our favor.
