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...it seems a virtual certainty at this point that Jack Zduriencik is on his way out. It either happens in-season or very shortly afterwards. When the new GM is selected, I believe he'll come in with much more of a "win-now" mandate, and to accomplish that he'll need to take a fresh, top-down look at the roster and then commence some wheeling and dealing to right the ship.
Now, that doesn't have to mean a complete fire-sale. But, it probably will mean moving players with a perceived high level of future value for players with perceived higher present value. There's lot's of room for this sort of roster shuffling to go wrong. Let's hope it goes right.