Waiting till that time comes defeats the purpose of getting a high end asset back while increasing the stock of our own picks.
We agree on the bolded. My point is, at fair market value, he is still tradeable if we decide to deal him at the decrepit
age of 32 or 33 (or, he could keep himself fit and degrade very little, like Lidstrom exemplified, to bring up another smooth skating example...). Still better to sign him, at fair market value, to use your expression, than trade him for pennies on the dollar, from a purely commodities management standpoint. The only way this goes off the rails is if MB overpays significantly and makes him untradeable, as can be argued about Price for example. If he has a $7m AAV contract, and it's broadly understood that he is worth $7m, then he is most certainly tradeable, more so than if he is not under contract in future years, because in the latter case the strength of the team in relation to him is dwindling with each passing day, much like a stock option valued at a price below the stock itself (both worth $0 at a specific deadline).Context is different, Poile had to make room asap to sign Duchene.
We agree on the bolded. My point is, at fair market value, he is still tradeable if we decide to deal him at the decrepit
Depends how much contract is left. The value of the team's claim on him is dwindling over time, not the player himself. Especially if there is less than a year left when dealt.
I dont know, how much slower can Weber really get ? Hes always going to be a smart positional defender.
I don't deny Petry will slow down at some point, it's inevitable. Only that we're not there yet for him whereas Weber's regression has already started a while ago. It's normal, he's a full three years younger than him.
But how do we weigh the return the team can get for Weber and Petry against their value on the ice for the Habs? How do you evaluate both player value curve, really ?
