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Originally Posted by devo22
along with the fact that Markstrom and Tanev also walked for nothing and are key players for a rival. That's got to sting.
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It does sting.
When you're a fan of a team, and then a GM basically ruins the team year after year for 7.5 years, it is a drag.
I can't understand why Benning was chasing OEL - like adding a $7M+ past-his-prime defenseman with 6 more years on his contract was the answer? He had already drafted Hughes... and had signed Myers. And because he was obsessed with that OEL deal (to correct all his past UFA mistakes - Roussel, Beagle, Eriksson) now Vancouver is stuck with three D making $6M+
Of course they had to let Markstrom go, with Demko developing into a No 1 starter - but why not retain Tanev and Toffoli? And just wait one more year to get rid of all your bad mistakes. Sheesh - Toffoli had good chemistry with Pettersson...
Ah, nuts.
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