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I disagree with the whole "we don't have to win this year because we have prospects lol" logic. You should try to make your NHL team the best that it can possibly be going into the playoffs because there's no guarantee that you'll ever make it again. The goal is to win the Stanley cup not have the biggest prospect pool in the NHL and every team that's in the playoffs has a chance to go on a run. And you don't need to have big 1st round guys in your farm system to have sustained success. We wouldn't have won the stanley cup had we not drafted guys like Murray, Guentzel, Rust, and Sheary and none of those guys were "top prospects" when we got them they were all steals later on in the draft. Obviously Byram and Newhook are going to be great players but you only have 2 more years of Landeskog on his steal of a contract, 4 with Mackinnon, 2 with Makar so go for it now while you can afford to keep all these guys. Byram and Newhook aren't doing you any good sitting in the minors