Équipe: 2024-25 Maple Leafs de Toronto

Date de création initiale: 27 mars 2024

Publié: 27 mars 2024

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Assume everybody would resign and everybody would waive.

Who says no?

Who adds?

I’m an outsider - my perspective is that Crosby has a pretty good lock on 2 solid seasons in the future, then it gets pretty shaky, but I don’t think he’s a liability, just perhaps not a premium contributor. Just how age works. Probably 4 years where it’s a positive on the ice, then… that’s about it maybe.

I have to imagine if Crosby is moved as a rental next season, he’s probably the most significant rental in nhl history, commanding a price tag that is roughly double the average “top rental center price”. Something a little bit like Giroux, but likely a tad more.

Therefore, if you want to keep your young assets, perhaps there is a hockey trade where two pending ufas agree to new roles at opposite clubs. Otherwise, If you wanted to rent Crosby, it’s gonna cost like all your young players. At some point the fair price is just too much, and it prevents a deal from happening at all. It simply may not be possible to pay the price for Crosby in futures because the fair price just costs too much. I think a hockey trade is more likely if something did occur, and when I think that I look to other pending ufas on winning clubs.

I think if some deal did occur then it would be very good for the health of the nhl and I think some hypothetical future (not this trade proposal) where Crosby rented out then resigned in Pittsburg is the best timeline for the nhl.

The league is better when the best players are in the playoffs and the entire industry is based on selling tickets. This would sell tickets.