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Originally Posted by codynw
Well I would have preferred Barrie or Vatanen. Both better players and will sign shorter, cheaper contracts. I'll happily be proven wrong, but I don't love the way Tanev's stats were trending in Vancouver, and his injury history is just gross.
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Fair point. I'd say a totally reasonable answer to Tanev wanting 4 years was to simply leave the offer at 3 years, take it or leave it and then move to a different plan. This team does make a lot of decisions as if they are a current contender. This would be an example.