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He's not for sale, he's adjusting to a new system and a new position (center) in the AHL, and currently doing pretty well. He's not good enough for the top-6 in the NHL yet (again, mostly because of the new system, and Vincent said he had trouble adjusting), but bottom-6 minutes don't help. So, brief AHL stint for development. Everyone in the organization has said he's a big part of the future and not going anywhere.
If he's struggling by year's end, there's a new FO/coach, and the team is looking at a massive shakeup, maybe there's a deal in the offseason. IF that's the case (and that's a huge "if"), we're looking at Newhook ++. First-half of the round 1st round pick, a 2nd, and a good prospect. That, or a Slafkovsky swap, if both are struggling by year's end, except KJ has more than 3x Slaf's points in less than 2x the games/less than 2x the TOI.