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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I guess I'll be in the minority here and say that I won't really miss Hathaway a lot. Had a better year last year, but I think of him as the definition of replacement level player. You don't sign guys like that, you develop them internally. We just have to find someone else in the organization to play 4th line minutes and kill penalties. I'm sure it will happen.
Lots of wailing about the team getting softer, but Hathaway didn't play a lot of minutes, so his physical impact was fairly minimal. What you ideally want is your top ice-time players having that edge. That's where some work needs to be done.
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Exactly what they did with Hathaway. Now the question is whether the organization has built a steady enough pipeline of prospects who can take his place. They have certainly done that on defense now.