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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Good for them? Did they have 4 young guys pushing for spots?
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There is a difference between pushing for a spot and pushing someone out of a spot. Not a single one of our U23 Dmen have pished one of Gio/Brodie/Hamonic out of a spot.
And I would wager Dustin Byfuglien and Nick Leddy were pretty good at ice hockey when they were Chicago Blackhawks, but like Hanifin/Kylington/Andersson/Valimaki have not displaced Giordano/Brodie/Hamonic they did not displace Keith/Hjalmarsson/Seabrook. They also made the decision to move out an excellent defenseman in Campbell and arguably never recovered, eventually filling his spot with Oduya but never quite being as good as they were with Campbell in his prime.
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Did they have an expansion draft to contend with?
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Three seasons to be played before expansion. A lot will change by then. The last expansion was in 2017 so going back three seasons the equivalent would the 2013-14 Bruins moving out Brad Marchand to make room for Ryan Spooner because of expansion / Marchand just being a product of Bergeron. See how silly that sounds?