HecticGlow
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We’re almost certainly headed for a rebuild when guys like Ovi do get too old to carry the team on their back – we just don’t have enough youth in the lineup or A-prospects in the farm to segue smoothly into the next era. If that’s in 2 or 3 years time, a guy like Osh wouldn’t be a bad guy to have around the younger guys you’re bringing in.
Even if Oshie enters a decline – and I agree he doesn’t seem to have started yet – he’d still be an effective third line checking, PK2 and PP bumper guy. In other words, by year 6 and 7 he could be out of the top-6 but still making a really important contribution to a contending team. (And I see no reason so far to think he won’t be in the top-6 still.) By year 8 he would be a great role model, and almost certainly a guy a contender would trade for at the TDL for one last run (even if it’s for a fourth line -type role).
I don’t think it’s the huge albatross contract people make it out to be.
Even if Oshie enters a decline – and I agree he doesn’t seem to have started yet – he’d still be an effective third line checking, PK2 and PP bumper guy. In other words, by year 6 and 7 he could be out of the top-6 but still making a really important contribution to a contending team. (And I see no reason so far to think he won’t be in the top-6 still.) By year 8 he would be a great role model, and almost certainly a guy a contender would trade for at the TDL for one last run (even if it’s for a fourth line -type role).
I don’t think it’s the huge albatross contract people make it out to be.