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Originally Posted by BigThief
The Flames issues are there own, Zito built a fantastic team around solid core pieces and I don't know which player (a) you can directly attribute geography and taxes to. Tkachuk would even be a poor argument, his future as a Flame was fumbled by the GM here and he was heavily rumoured to be St Louis bound before the Panthers came calling.
The topic started with Brad Marchand who went to Florida because they're a contender.
They've continued to add solid parts through the draft with Anton Lundell and Samoskevic. Carter Verhaegh, Sam Reinhart, Gustav Forslin,and Sam Bennett are not "geography and taxes!" acquisitions. Those are all players either partial or fully given up on by their team that Florida saw value in.
No I'm not suggesting location and tax burden isn't considered but to brush aside Florida's success due to those issues is ignorant
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There was an interview with Marchy saying he didn’t know where he was headed and when he found out it was Florida he was happy cause that’s where he wanted to go. I thought it was odd, because everything I’ve heard from posters and media is saying that he picked Florida explicitly.
Edit: I just looked up his contract and he only has an 8-team NTC for his final year, so that’s 8 teams he can’t be traded to and 24 he can be. (There’s 32 now, right? I’ve lost count lol)