its a balancing act i think... ice time is great, but if your surrounding cast is crappy too, you aren't going to look particularly good either...
tobias rieder was being chased by calgary too iirc, but decided that Edmonton was the better option due to his buddy Draistl and getting a chance to play with McDavid would bump his numbers for a bigger payday after the year.
didn't work out that way, even though the depth chart was wide open.
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