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Old 07-02-2019, 01:14 PM   #233
PlayfulGenius
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Disagree with the bolded statement. Their risk is the opportunity cost of the deal. They'll now end up with nothing, and lost big opportunities on the UFA market. Maybe Duchene was not a realistic option, maybe he was. Guess we'll never know. Not only that, but you've now alienated some of the GMs in the league with nothing to show for it.
maybe, but I doubt it... reports suggest Duchene had already made his choice by the time this offer sheet came out.

I don't agree there alienation amongst GMs, I just don't see it, and I don't see any downside to what MTL did here.
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... Eakins' claims Gagne's line played Kessel's line even...
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Yeah, Gagner's line was -4 and Kessel's was +4, so it all evened out.
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