The knock against Tanev has always been he gets hurt a lot. He gets hurt and rather than sit him you play him in an attempt to catch Montreal so you can sneak into the playoffs and then get your ass handed to you in 4 games? In a year with zero playoff revenue?
If a team is in the playoffs at that point, jockeying for position in the standings (home ice etc) or tied for the last spot already I get that you might want to keep him in the lineup. Oddly enough thats another discussion. But I think its pretty gross negligence if you knowingly throw an injured player out there night after night with nothing on the line especially in year 1 of a 4 year deal where age and durability will become a concern pretty quickly.
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