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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
....It's when you consider whether he was able to improve the team's shortcomings and position the team for future success that the grade gets lowered. There is no real improvement here and we have 5 pending UFA's on the back end.
For an offseason that figures to be monumental, that's not a great position to start from...
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See, this is where I disagree. Having exclusive negotiating rights to five UFA defensemen to fill two or three positions affords a pretty useful level of flexibility.