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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Patrick Sharp is a 34 year old winger who had all of 16 goals last year with a few games missed due to injury. He's making 5.9 million. It's not like you're going to get a lot in return for someone with that kind of situation to consider. The fact that he's scored 16 goals this year is good for Dallas, but if I were them I wouldn't expect anything more than 20 goals from Sharp. He's declining and paid a lot. He's no longer a 30 goal scorer, and the Stars are struggling again despite his presence. Chicago is ahead despite not having Sharp and getting little in return.
Basically, your reasoning is ignoring all the data. It's not really that bad for Chicago if they end up with Sekac longer term instead of Sharp short term.
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It might not have hurt them, but there was always potential he could bounce back and help his new team, in this case a division rival. You can't tell me there was zero interest from a team in the east, in fact I remember all the rumors were about Washington until they made the Oshie trade and signed Williams. I won't hold it against Bowman though. Everybody misses once in a while, and he wins more often than he loses, by a fair margin.