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Every post on here is spot on.
How does the phrase go...
Chasing butterflies?
Or trying to catch lightning in a bottle?
Heck, you can trade only half the assets above to a rebuilding team at TDL for a solid, mid pairing d man in his prime, who will give you 4-6 years good years of service. The league is gravitating to getting younger and faster, not older and slower. There is a premium now on drafting...trying to weed through the hype to determine which prospects will be able to combine talent, speed, and compete level to make it in the league.
Every year there are too many older players not having a dance partner at the end of the summer, only to hang em up, play in Europe, or wait it out like Justin Williams just did for the Canes.
Or go to a team that has too many ready d men...
The Jackets have excelled at this the past few years (scouting and drafting/developing). In fact there is a log jam now at D. They won’t be willing to give up a Jones or Werenski, but a Kukan, Harrington, Carlsson, or Murray, etc will probably be available sooner rather than later.