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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I agree with this. And frankly the "undesirability" of the market is overplayed IMO. Do athletes want to play/live in Buffalo, Kansas City, Milwaukee? Pro teams in those markets are excelling and have star players.
The NHL is a cap league. If a player needs a premium to sign here, look elsewhere. No better evidence than Gaudreau's UFA experience to see that there is not some lucrative market outside of Calgary.
It would help if the league would lock down some of the injury shenanigans though so that teams could not exceed the cap so easily.
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Yeah, I'm not saying no UFAs or no one over 27 - some guys are happy to paly here.
What I am saying is that the team has been too focused on UFAs and needs to have an organizational philosophy of building from the draft first.