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Fair enough, I guess. I just think IF the Habs are looking to trade Danault (I don't think they should / will), it would be because he's the oldest of the bunch, and could probably fetch a pretty solid return in futures. And for that exact reason, I don't think the Wings (another rebuilding team), should be the team acquiring him. I don't really agree, but IF we do need that player right now, like I said, I think it should come via free agency. Acquiring a soon-to-be 28 year old center for prospects / picks would be a terrible move for this team right now in my opinion. I don't think we should be giving up any future assets for players that will not be part of this team on the other side of the rebuild. That includes Danault. Why is Nugent-Hopkins on that list? He still has a year left, and yes, he would cost way too much via trade. Even more so than Danault. I don't think adding another center is a must, but if we determine that Filppula can no longer hack it as a 2C, and we want to bridge the gap for another year before we promote Veleno / Rasmussen, then we should sign any one of those players mentioned above to another 2 year stop-gap, ala Fil / Nemeth last offseason. OR make a trade for a young (under 24 year old) center, that could grow with the rest of the young players on this team, and be a part of it beyond the rebuild.

This is an interesting dynamic that I totally agree will define the remainder of Mantha's time in Detroit. There's basically no way in hell that he should be getting paid more than Larkin right? Larkin gets paid 6.1 million AAV and outperforms Mantha in every single way possible. But you also get the feeling that Mantha isn't going to be okay with anything below 6 million AAV. Normally you'd bridge this gap with a short term deal to let Mantha prove he's the 35 goal, 70+ point winger he thinks he is (but hasn't been so far) but the team probably balks at that because they'd lose control of him at the end of it. Ideally they'd rather lock him up longer term. This is by no means an easy contract negotiation. I'm guessing he'll get about 3 years, 6 million AAV, but that's a super risky contract.

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As I sit here drinking my baileys laced coffee watching the back and forth on the contract. I wonder why no one has said in year 2 if he is outperforming the contract......... Why couldn't/wouldn't we potentially flip him for picks to a team in need?