Quoting: PleaseBanMeForMyOwnGood
Why would Boeser and Horvat be on the list of available players
Quoting: hazard
Double down on what he said^
Why would VAN get rid of Boeser and Horvat??
I think Green and Benning have to get fired. Gotta go. Lockerroom is so stale
On top of that, if they can get out from Myers and Poolman contract, it would help alot
Quite simply it’s due to contract status. Bo Horvat has one year left after this and then he is a 28 year old FA.
Brock Boeser can sign a 7.5 million dollar qualifying off and then is one year away from FA.
Given their contracts, it would be very tough to retain them to reasonable cap hits while going through another rebuild. Similar aged players like Garland or Demko have long term contracts so it’s easier to retain them going forward and doesn’t make sense to trade them. Ditto Hughes.
Pettersson, hoglander, Podkolzin are all no brainers to retain given their ages.
Quoting: alwaysnextyear
I don't entirely disagree with dealing both of them, but it would definitely signal that they're still deep in the rebuild. I could see dealing one and still trying to compete though.
I think if they trade one, they have to trade both. Any trade of a core player is signalling a rebuild imo