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We all do realize that Lindy Ruff is gone right? Once Ruff came, Skjei who had top pair upside fell down a cliff.
Another thing is we need to be honest with ourselves. How would a player feel if he gets traded for, signs a huge extension and only is here 1 season bc his NTC kicks in? If it was in 3-4 years ala Stepan, it’d be different and bad for incoming deals. It could be possible without Ruff, Trouba still being in his prime goes back to being a 40+ pt dman. Yes our cap issues go away after 1 more season, but Buch, Mika will be up for extensions as well as Fox. Can’t keep Fox, TDA, Trouba all accounting combined in the $16-possible $20M range long term until the cap goes up. That’s too much $ invested in a 6 man D let alone just 3 dmen.