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Originally Posted by FAN
I don't think anyone her is arguing that Tanguay and Sarich didn't need to go. There seems to be two camps where some posters simply feel that getting rid of them for anything was a good move where some posters such as myself feel you don't take on someone's garbage just to get rid of your own because it doesn't smell any better. Burke specifically mentioned that he didn't think Feaster got good value from his trades and that's why Feaster was fired. Sometimes you just got to hold onto your cards and wait and see if a market materializes.
A comment about optional skates... I think optional skates/practices are made optional for a reason. Skating in them doesn't prove anything and some like to have that extra practice and some don't. Players are very well-conditioned nowadays and players should first and foremost take care of their body. Plenty of veterans do not take part in optional practices because rest does more good for them. Tanguay is not a young player and he has a history of missing games due to injury. If anything, I wouldn't want a coach who expects his veterans to take part in optional skates.
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Perhaps it was not an issue of missing games due to injury or taking his option in not attending pre game practices, but rather not competing or playing to his level in too many of the games he played healthy.
You may have been inferring that, wasn't sure.