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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
...on contracts and FA's he gets an A+, everyone in the core is signed for a lot lower than they would get in the open market, including UFAs signed like Hamhuis and Garrison...
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Good god, this myth about the fabled "home town discount" as the product of some sort of managerial genius is SO overplayed. The fact is that Gillis has done nothing special; that is nothing that nearly every other general manager outside of Edmonton has not also accomplished himself.
In truth, there are two types of players from practically every team that regularly accept so-called "hometown discounts": 1) Long-term, core players and former draftees, and 2) players with local / regional ties. Gillis doesn't deserve any sort of recognition for meeting the status quo here. Any other GM could have accomplished just as much with re-signing Vancouver's core players, and with attracting local talent.