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'Struggling to lure UFAs' ONLY because Holland won't pay for them. Holland could've signed Suter last year IMO if he trumped the Minny offer even by a fraction.
Holland liked to point to the New England Patriots system, but the Patriots let go of players as soon as they get expensive, the Wings don't.
I don't follow football, so I don't know exactly what you're saying - but I understand your point and I've been making it for years.
Pay your difference makers.
Build around them with interchangeable parts and youngters.
You never pay a Dan Cleary $3M a year. You go find the next Dan Cleary for $800,000 or give the spot to a kid
You can keep a guy like Miller around because he's only at $1.3M. But you start to push it with Tootoo at $1.9, Cleary at $2.8 and Sammy at $3 and even Bertuzzi at $2m at his age.
The youngsters are going to develoip faster -- they're going to put up big stats playing on scoring lines and present newer and tougher and decisions.
Had Nyquist played .last year on Zetterberg's wing and scored 13 goals and 30 points...that would force a tough decision on Nyquist's pay this year, for sure.