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Originally Posted by gvitaly
Just to push back a little. Guys like Bouma, Ferland, and Jooris used to play with a ton of energy as well. Then this style catches up to them. Their bodies wear out, and they start picking their spots, or end up on LTIR.
Also if you have the bottom of the roster filled with long term contracts it becomes much harder to give prospects the opportunity.
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Agree with this. Its rare that these guys can go like mad once they are locked up long term. Hathaway may be an exception since he's gotten a few longer deals as a 4th line guy. But I'd want to cycle through these guys on 1 year deals so they have to play with their pants on fire to get another new contract.