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Old 05-19-2023, 11:35 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by GioforPM View Post
I also thought it was weird. They had a 1C already. It's like Tavares was available so they couldn't resist.

OTOH there were really no star defencemen available that year. At least not after Carlson extended with the Caps.
Well, at one point, it was pretty common for the Stanley Cup champs to have two 1Cs: Sakic-Forsberg, Yzerman-Fedorov, Modano-Nieuwendyk, Crosby-Malkin but it is tough to maintain this with the salary cap.
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