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[TheHighHat]

If you tear it down and trade Schenn, Faulk, and whoever else, then you absolutely have to get the biggest haul for Parayko you can get. Not that I want him gone, but if you’re tearing it down he’ll be of zero use to us by the time we contend again, so get while the getting is good.

Problem there is, Parayko has the cards. You have to hope he doesn’t want to be part of a rebuild and uproot the family.

For me there are 3 players that have earned the right to do what they want on this team, when you factor in their remaining contracts etc... Parayko gets to decide if he wants to be a lifelong Blue. If you play a whole career for a team, typically you are going to be apart of a rebuild at some point. He gets that choice. Binner next year basically gets the option to continue on (unless HOFER absolutely cremates him and steals the crease over the next 1.5 years) to extend as a Blue for his last contract or be traded to a real cup contender who seemingly a goalie boost could do wonders like an Oil. The last person is Thomas. No matter what iteration of your team you are in, Thomas helps. Even if he isn't the future 1C (he is) he's still an extremely valuable person with 6 years left on his contract. He gets to stay if we are in last place or 1st place.

After that, business is business. you have to look at their contracts and see if they are worth more to you than someone else. I circle back around tho, I think this is going to come down to us trading 1 high profile person out of the org, and 1 middling person and it's going to be for next to no return. That will be the option they go with if they feel like this isn't working out. Our cap is going to be really really good the next few years. They have room to pivot. But, they aren't going to tear it down nor should they. Too many young guys now and coming up to just rip it apart.

Why is anybody safe on this roster? You’re extending players because they won a Cup 7 years ago. How does an aging Binner or Parayko help this team going forward? I don’t get the thought process. If business is business, there’s no loyalty to a bottom 5 franchise.

I agree.

One of the main reasons why the Blackhawks rebuild took so long was because of the lack of return for their 7 big guns (Kane, Toews, Hossa, Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, & Hjalmarsson) from their 3 Cup era to help expedite the process.

They held on to most of them too long either thinking they had another run in them or for nostalgic reasons.
Only Hossa & Seabrook didn't move on to another team.

Counterpoint: One of the main reasons the Hawks rebuild took so long was because they didn't retain any useful veterans to ease the growing pains for their incoming youth.

They brought in peime aged Hossa to support or the Kane/Toews youth movement. All they got to support Bedard was the ghosts of Hall and Perry...

Kane & Toews both had 2 years under their belts before Hossa got there, but I see your point to a certain degree.
Last year Celebrini had Toffoli & Granlund as veteran influencers. How much better are they than Hall & Perry?
Bedard is still playing with veteran discards but has obviously found his stride.
The point being is that some guys take longer to develop than others, but the cream rises to the top if you're truly talented. Look at the slop Leo Carlsson played with his first 2 years.


I'm fine with going scorched earth, but only if the returns are there. I suspect the returns for Schenn and Binner would be low enough that theyre worth more, here.
I'm not necessarily recommending scorched earth but no player should be untouchable.

Schenn's value as a 2C peaked last TDL. Everyone here thought his line would be just as good this year. Not even close.
Sometimes there's a fine line between being a coveted asset on the back 9 of your career to having little to no trade value because of age/salary. Hopefully Schenn doesn't cross that line before March.

The return for a 2C is normally much better than a 2LW.
I can see New Jersey or Toronto wanting Schenn on their port side.

I see Kadri & Couturier drawing much more interest as a 2C for contending teams looking to upgrade that position.
Conroy must move Kadri this year or that fine line I mentioned above will be crossed next year for Nazem.

Steen will inherit the Binner situation. The departure of Ellis makes it more likely that Binner gets a better extension offer from Steen next July.

Parayko is a true wild card. Even though he's not a #1, the lack of quality RHD's might force a bidding war if he were to go to market.
The clock is ticking though and father time is undefeated.
Teams saw what the Jones acquisition did last year for Florida.
If we don't turn it around Army will need his cell phone plugged in constantly to keep the battery charged because it will be ringing all the time.


Kyrou, though? I'll take whatever useful asset I can get.
At least you're realistic. Most on this site have ridiculous ideas of Kyrou's value.