carter333167
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- Apr 24, 2013
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I'm legitimately starting to think someone has spiked the water supply with varying forms of amphetamines if the most rational decision for improving the team is to trade its best defenseman and best scorer.
No one, to my knowledge, is talking about trading Petro tomorrow. Rather, the issue is what to do if and when it becomes apparent that we won't make the playoffs.
Hence, the following question is for you: Would you, if you realized we were going to miss the playoffs, commit to a 7-8 year extension for Petro at 9 plus million AAV (it might be $10 million...not really sure)? You can assume that he also would demand a fairly ironclad NMC. He would start such a contract at age 30 and end it at age 37-38.
If the answer is "no," then your next alternatives are to shop him to a playoff team for a nice package or to simply hold him for the last year of his contract and get nothing in return when he walks to UFA.
My answer is that I do not want to commit to that type of contract for Petro. I would rather get the nice return on a trade.
Finally, if I'm reading your other point correctly, I don't agree that trading Petro (and perhaps Steen) commits us to a 5 plus year rebuild. Indeed, I think holding on to him and then letting him walk for nothing is a more likely path to such a long-term rebuild than taking a nice package for him this year if we are going to miss the playoffs.
P.S.--I do not think the same analysis applies to Tarasenko. He has many years left on his contract. I would not discuss shopping Vladi.
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