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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Thanks for ending the discussion, but I think you are confusing cause and effect.
For what it is worth, I think Desjardins was the more impactful pickup.
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20 GP 4G 3A 4PIM 0.35PPG. For his career, Vermette is a 0.51PPG player in the regular season.
The team acquired Antoine Vermette because he's a dependable, smart veteran who you can rely on to take that extra shift when Kane and Toews aren't on the ice without hurting you. He played 20 of 23 playoff games, and delivered exactly what they wanted.
Maybe the team wins without him. We already know they win with him. Someone else could have scored that OT winner. But they didn't, Vermette did.
If you want to argue Desjardins was a shrewder pickup, by all means. But Antoine Vermette did exactly what he was brought in to do.