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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Pavelski just walked.
Marleau walked.
I agree with your sentiment somewhat, but a reason they can say goodbye to these players is they keep drafting Timo Meiers', Kevin Lebancs and Tomas Hertls.
Between 2006 and 2016:
Sharks: 6800 man games
Flames: 4867 man games
When you're drafting like that you can afford to both lose players as well as trade for better ones.
San Jose has a geographic advantage towards signing free agents but they also do a much better job of grabbing players from the draft.
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Pavelski and Marleau "walked" because SJ didn't overpay them. SJ offered Marleau what he was worth. Toronto (and others) offered more than his value.