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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
People tend to forget that the biggest player involved in the deal was also the biggest issue in the Jets organization. In a lot of ways just getting Kane out of the locker room is addition by subtraction. Bogosian also was running his course with the organization with his developement stalled and he was regressing. The fact they got a defenseman that many teams have been rumoured to covet for years that the Sabres were unwilling to move plus a 1st round pick in what appears a decent draft plus two former first round picks that are on the level of Sven Baertschi really does point to the Jets improving substantially if Myers plays better than Bogosian (not a certainty but close) and even on of the two forwards or draft picks turn into a top 6 forward. As we have seen with the Flames good locker room chemistry can make up for a lack of elite talent and IMO the Sabres have taken on more risk here as the last player that was as openly disliked in a locker room as Kane was Sean Avery and he never changed his spots and lets not forget Kane has never really exploded into the player that many think he could be. Sometimes these guys are what they are.
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Lemieux was a second round pick and personally, I've never been very high on Armia. I think he struggles to translate his game to the NHL.