This is why I want to rebuild. I mean, in 1-2 years if we're not competitive there's no reason to not trade Weber and get whatever you can while he has value before he retires. He's basically a vet #1 D rental at that point, maybe only a #2-3 but when time comes around but that's still worth a pretty penny.
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This is why I want to rebuild. I mean, in 1-2 years if we're not competitive there's no reason to not trade Weber and get whatever you can while he has value before he retires. He's basically a vet #1 D rental at that point, maybe only a #2-3 but when time comes around but that's still worth a pretty penny.
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Yep, everyone, or at least almost everyone knows we should rebuild. It could get really bad when Price and Weber start declining shortly. Same mediocre team in front of them, plus them declining, equals ugliness. And, by that time it will be too late to trade them for blue chip prospects and lottery picks, which we could be using to draft their replacements.
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It's not the same mediocre team in front of them though is it? Did you watch playoff games?
The one where we lost in the first round to a team that got bounced shortly thereafter?
That team certainly looked like a mediocre one backstopped by a goalie playing all-world level...
26Mats
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It's got some potential. But I wouldn't call it a powerhouse.
If Suzuki and KK progress really fast reallyyoung, that's one thing. But if it takes them a few years, weber will be 39 and Price 36... hence the problem.
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Its EA garbage. Talk about overrated. Where are Seth Jones and Cale Makar on this list?
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So here's the question worth asking.
In a year Weber will be 36.
Do we protect him in the expansion?
In a year Weber will be 36.
Do we protect him in the expansion?
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Just Linda
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Is it though? Cap will be tight and sacrifices will have to be made. 8m could be the difference between signing a couple of other roster players long term.
I'm slowly warming up to the idea.
Kudo Shinichi
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Even if there was a good player that we could sign (ex: Hall) with the cap space liberated, there is no way Bergevin would do that because of the importance of Weber on the team.
Trading Weber will also leave a massive hole on our dcorps.
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I see that years later you still haven't figured out the point. Smart man.
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Wak Prescott the 40M/yr fraud, here we gooo!
I mean if that trade actually did something for us over the last 4 years, I'd understand people who want to gloat because they were ''right'' at the time. Fair enough.
But in reality, we had one of the worst stretch in team history in that time span so who cares if Subban regressed and we ''won'' the trade? We haven't won shit with Weber, far from it, so put it the way you want but it's still a nothing trade at best.
Start gloating when we make a deep run with Weber, you know like we did in 2014 with that locker room cancer you hate so much anchoring our defense.
But in reality, we had one of the worst stretch in team history in that time span so who cares if Subban regressed and we ''won'' the trade? We haven't won shit with Weber, far from it, so put it the way you want but it's still a nothing trade at best.
Start gloating when we make a deep run with Weber, you know like we did in 2014 with that locker room cancer you hate so much anchoring our defense.
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