i dont hate it

I hate it a lot as a Sens fan. Logan Brown aside, I think there's way more value in running it back with White vs pulling the chute and moving him for a vet on the down turn. Zucker definitely isn't a long term piece for Ottawa, but White definitely still can be.

There's abolutely no reason/point to trade Colin White. You won't get positive value for him, he's Chabot's best friend, he's overpaid by about 1.25 per season which is not crippling at all, team is barely reaching the cap floor (soon?), he's providing foward depth and like you said, he could still continue to improve as he's just 24 y/o

Worse case scenario (really doubt it comes to that), Sens could buy him out. Let's say they do it after this season :

https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout-calculator/colin-white

BUYOUT COST : $875,000 x 6 seasons
CAP HIT : $875,000 x 6 seasons

whoopee-do... such a huge problem!

OTT laughs as they decline.

"Coming out of the rebuild, lets trade young pieces with upside for a 30yr old with 2 seasons to UFA"

STOP WITH THE ZUCKER - WHITE TRADES!!!