@DudeStarfox71@GhostMavGG Yzerman was the same way. Fedorov was a better player and deserved the 1C. He had the opposite situation as here. Bowman tried to trade him (or trick him into thinking he would) and it lit a fire under his ass. We won the first cup 2 seasons later.
@mannythenerd@OctopusThrower_ Because they aren't UFAs. That doesn't mean we keep them. It means we have to trade them, buy them out, or bury them in the minors.