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Originally Posted by Locke
This kind of reminds me of the Vanek scenario.
Didnt they panic-pay Vanek too and that turned into a disaster because his production fell off a cliff?
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Vanek was a matched RFA offer sheet, so they have Kevin Lowe to blame for that one.
In hindsight, they should have taken the 4 first round picks and ended up with Eberle, Paajarvi, Hall, and Nugent-Hopkins (or roughly equivalent players they may have chosen with Edmonton's picks).