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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
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.
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1) We're arguing about whether he should be bought out now. Him killing his value is hardly a worst case scenario, if the other alternative is buying him out.
2) Last time he was asked to kill penalties, he was in his offensive prime and had every right to be pissed. How long does an NHL player get to be in their prime for? On average, 5? 6 years? You've asked an established offensive player in his prime to take a secondary role killing penalties, and you're surprised he's asked for a trade? Tanguay was coming off 3 consecutive PPG+ seasons at that point.
Now that his stock has fallen considerably and he's well into his 30s, you're going to get a different reaction, if you ask Tanguay to take on a secondary role. He knows what happened to him after leaving the Flames, and he's well aware at age 33 that he's not the guy anymore.
3) I don't think Tanguay is all that complacent. He's just older and not as good as he was. Hence the 3.5 million contract, as oppossed to a 6.5 million contract, which would be fair if he was still that PPG+ guy. I understand the desire to clean house. But it's not as though Tanguay's presence is goign to somehow smother the rest of the team.