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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
This guy gets it. Nobody wants to live in -30 when they don't have to, especially when you can get paid more and live a much higher quality of life in the USA. We're a feeder team for US hockey teams. Guys like Bennett and Tkachuk prove it. We draft them, develop them, then if they have any ambition, they go off to American teams to win.
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I’d argue that the issue with Canadian teams is management. Treliving dumped Bennett for cheap and then screwed up the Gaudreau and Tkachuk situation. The Oilers had a terrible offseason and it showed up in the finals.