Theres definitely a market for Khaira. He’s been the whipping boy, but a 6’4 power forward who can give you 20 points from the 4th line is a player that teams want. He’s young (25), cheap (1.2), and can play center or wing. We shouldn’t even be looking to move him. People just need to stop blaming him for not being a top 6 forward.
What else explains the JJ overpay?
JJ was one of those players that was on a steady incline in play for a long time. Small upgrades in play each year. Slowly getting better. But he then battled injury and had trouble gaining traction from previous promising years. He was never highly touted but he was once considered fairly valuable to the organization and around the league.
He had a noticeably bad year 5v5 that was greatly exaggerated by people on here. He had a good year on the PK. The whipping boy thing is real on here. He still has value and promise and as mentioned makes decent money for what he brings.
Holland has done a very good providing competition for our bottom 6. If Kharia struggles next year there will be many ready to take his spot. If he struggles we can trade him off as a reclamation project for another team for a depth pick. No harm no foul. He has value and will have value for at least another year or two if only for his excellent skill set and PK abilities.
I personally like to keep him around because of the promise he has shown previously, his price, and his PK abilities.