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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
The sad part is they had given away an excellent backup in Rejean Lemelin at the start of the '87-88 season.
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Unfortunately, they had little choice. Lemelin never accepted his demotion to backup, and once it became clear that Vernon was the starting goalie for the foreseeable future, he wanted out. Other GMs thought Lemelin was over the hill, so Cliff Fletcher was not able to trade him and simply had to give him his release.