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Originally Posted by blankall
Great post.
The only thing I'd disagree with is Tanguay getting bought out.
His cap hit really isn't all that huge, so the advantage of an amnesty buyout isn't that great. There's also enough uncertainty in any top 6 scenario, that Tanguay might need to be used in a top 6 role. Worst comes to worst, he's shuffled back into a PK type of role.
I'm really not sure what Tanguay has done to deserve all the ire on this board. He's not being paid top line money, but people are ragging on him for not consistently playing like a top line player. At 3.5, he's suppossed to be secondary scoring, which he has done quite well thus far.
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People aren't ragging on tanguay for not being a top line player.
I don't think he's a buyout contract either, but I certainly don't want this guy hanging around the team if he's going to put in efforts like he has this year while there is zero accountability from the coach for his icetime.
I'd rather watch Jackman work himself into a lather for 20 minutes every night than watch Tanguay threaten to break a sweat on a board battle in his own zone for 20.
They are ragging on him for being soft and listless most shifts. Getting a couple of points here and there does nothing to mask his piss-poor compete level.
He's a poster child for the team's appearance of being utterly complacent and without effort.
"Worst comes to worst" and he kills just about any value he's got left and is immovable with his no-trade clause, not that he becomes a dynamite PK forward. Last time someone on the franchise tried to make him kill penalties, he asked for a trade.