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Originally Posted by Rutuu
Gaudreau at $11m means less money for future Stajans, Boumas, Brouwers, Neals, etc. Plus it puts a squeeze on us so we keep our 2-4th round picks instead of dealing them consistently for depth Dmen.
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My thoughts exactly. Having cap space is great. Having a core worth paying is better though
Teams don't fail because they overpaid their stars... they fail because they overpaid guys that they overrated and didn't understand how replaceable they were. GMs fall in love with guys and feel compelled to spend every cent they have based off of emotion and envisioning best case scenarios. The main thing that separates good GMs from the rest is possessing the discipline to not fall in love. Vegas does this better than anyone but even they outsmarted themselves when they traded for Lehner. Not many bad moves for Vegas operating like that but treating Fleury like they did probably upset alot of their guys and for no good reason.
Chicago was ####ed as soon as they decided Toews was worth that hit. It wasn't because of Kane obviously... that guy is one of the all time greats. Bowman painted himself into a corner that 99% of people would've found themselves in. I wonder if he ever understood how important Panarin's elite skill was compared to Toews and his intangibles going forward. Probably not considering what he traded him for. He pretty much had to sign Toews though... not really blaming him there. He would've been panned everywhere had he moved Toews and ownership probably wouldn't have let him do it anyway. Even so... this team had Panarin and Kane in their prime and somehow convinced themselves that panarin wouldn't be missed. Looking back Seabrook was obviously their biggest mistake. But there were others taking up space that should've been condensed into panarin's new cap hit. Winning 3 cups you have to reward the core guys I guess... but they went overboard imo and it cost them a superstar and cemented a decade of mediocrity