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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Pavelski and Donskoi 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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Marleau was 36. Pavelski was 34 and coming off a broken face. Donskoi is a Frolik level player.
If Johnny Gaudreau were a Shark, there would be no anxiety about him going to the Flyers when he's 28. He would be a Shark for life.
Players don't leave San Jose. San Jose leaves them.