When the Pittsburgh Penguins entered the offseason prior to the 2022-23 season they had a pretty extensive list of unrestricted free agents, including Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Bryan Rust, and Rickard Rakell.
All of them were skilled and productive enough to keep, but there was a constant discussion as to whether or not they could, or even if they should.
In the end, they ended up keeping the entire band together and figured out a way to re-sign all of their big four, including Rakell who figured to only be a trade deadline rental (and it is a good thing they did keep him because he has been one of their best players so far this season, making every line and group he touches better).