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Originally Posted by $ven27
A 50-60 point winger at 3.5m per year should've gotten more than buyout candidates. That's it in a nutshell IMO
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He got a 30-40 point winger at 4 mil who is 5 years younger.
Tanguay had a modified NTC, had a history of instances that made people question his attitude through adversary, and took SO many nights off.
If you're asking me "Could we have gotten more?" Yeah, MAYBE. But not so much that it makes it a bad trade. You need to look at what the trade was (not rag on it because of some fantasy you've created about what it could have been) and quite frankly, I'd be shocked if you found more than a handful of people who would want Tanguay on this team over Jones.
At least Jones puts in an effort. Tanguay was embarrassing when he floated around the ice.
EDIT: and while Sarich is certainly much better than O'Brien this year, it's not like Sarich would've seen a whole lot of action.