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Originally Posted by Matty81
It is a bit weird looking back that none of the Canadian teams tanked or tried to use a Tampa Bay Rays type strategy to compete, draft high initially and move the players out for more picks and futures as UFA status approached. The Canucks took a bit of a dive to get McCabe and the Sedins and Ottawa picked high for a bit after expansion, but the economic conditions with so much fear of the teams moving must have been a factor
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McCabe and Bertuzzi were the return for Trevor Linden.