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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I'm trying not to get excited about the prospect of Tavares, but...
- We have the cap space (assuming Backlund is not re-signed)
- Hamonic is here and I'm sure would pitch the city and organization to JT
- The team is young and trending in an exciting direction
- Knowing that you'd have 1 of Gaudreau or Tkachuk on your wing has to be exciting
Assuming he hits UFA, are there any teams that'd be a better fit for Tavares?
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Unfortunately, being a small (relative to the big American cities) Canadian city in the prairies invalidates almost anything the organization could afford/offer a top tier free agent.
He's living the New York lifestyle and set to cash in anywhere he wants. It won't be Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg etc, along with a bunch of crappy, small to midsized American markets.
New York, Long Island (Barclays for now), New Jersey, Los Angelas, Anaheim, San Jose, Chicago, Tampa, Miami will always have a ridiculous, almost insurmountable advantage for top tier free agents because of where they are or what they're near.