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Originally Posted by d_phaneuf
I dont get the issue over the price, the term is maybe a bit much because of his injury history and he may break down sooner than most
But watching tanev play, you're never gonna say, hes not giving 1000% percent, guy blocks shots when the team is up by 3 or 4 goals ffs
Also his skills are not ones that will age poorly, hes a good skater but he doesn't rely on speed, hes not offensive but it's not like he doesn't have puck sense, he rarely pinches but when he does it's always a good one
Most importantly his play in his own end is still elite, you basically have the guy who's playing RHD with a minute left when your holding a lead for the next few years and hes very good at it
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Thank you.
You’re making me feel better about this at least, but I still have concerns.
Mostly I’m worried about injury prone 31 year that lost a step last year but before that he was an elite defensive dman.
I still wish we just would have tried to offer sheet Cernak for 4 x $4.3M and given up a second if we are going to spend this much on a defensive dman.