Tuna99
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I agree with this, but to be fair Duchene is also very smart (not Stone smart) and regardless if you're a strong skater or smart or both, your game deteriorates anyway. Look at the top 50 scorers, there are very few guys in their 30s. There are not many 33-35 year olds who are top players anymore. These 8 year deals for 27+ year olds are way worse than 8 year deals for early 20 year olds. I would still sign both Stone and Duchene.
Sign them both? If we were a playoff team and had a chance at a Cup in 3-4 years and were solid in terms of prospects, Cap space and depth in the lineup I’d sign both and Dzingel.
But where we are now, the lack of a #1 pick this year, good prospects but nothing with a wow factor outside of Batherson, and the lack of top picks to get the elite talent you need to win these days - trade them both.
Things in Ottawa don’t improve with these 2 in the lineup next year. We will get worse for sure, but we won’t improve because our depth everywhere is terrible, so by the time we have the depthitll be 2022 and both of these guys are on the wrong side of 30 eating up close to $20 million in Cap.
We suck, we suck hard.