Quoting: BadaBing
After watching what happened on the bench during the game; Many teams will stay away from that core of 4 players.
No character; just a bunch of Prima Donna`s.
Not what the HABS are looking for in a player
Crosby has done it
Mckinnons done it
Stone has done it
You know , Champions
I have 100% no issue with the team leaders calling out someone dragging ass and crying.
If Marners injured he should sit and let another take his place.
But dont show up to a game beat up , drag ass then cry all game to those dragging your slack.
If this was for Marner i'd be a lot more worried than with Nylander.
Then again Marner was Suzuki's Training Partner for 2 years before he played a game for MTL as they both trained under The Hunter's and their Speed Skating Coach.
So maybe i wouldnt be as worried about it given i think Suzuki could motivate him but i can see how others would be.
All that said Invest in the youth
Re-Sign Toffoli and Monahan to help develop them again like they did our last crop
Sign them to high cap and less term with intent on trading them in year 3 if we're not contending for some reason
Im not interested in a long term investment like Nylander or even Marner who will need a deal basically right away.
I'd personally rather just acquire what we know works and put it in a timeline that works for us.
Maybe Toffoli and Monahan dont both re-sign but i think bringing 1/2 isnt impossible