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I'm on the fence as to whether I'd rather have kept him for that return.
I'm on the fence as to whether I'd rather have kept him for that return.
I’ll never understand this.
I'm on the fence as to whether I'd rather have kept him for that return.
It's because at 27, a re-signed MoJo is a valuable asset to a young team moving forward. Whereas if we actually draft players with those picks there's a statistically very good chance we end up with either a player that plays ~100 career NHL games or nothing but career minor leaguers.
My hope is that Ray can use those picks in trades for younger but established players.
And who knows maybe he still signs here.
I guarantee Shero doesn’t draft with all three 2nd round picks.
That’s the whole point. When you’re forced to choose between hanging onto an expiring contract because it’d make sense to extend the player, or taking a 2nd+, a rebuilding team has to take the latter every time.
Especially when that rebuilding team is led by a GM with an impressive track record of turning excess picks into good (sometimes great) NHL players.
Hanging onto Johansson would’ve been so ****ing stupid.