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Originally Posted by 5abi
Kadri, imho, if not a minority would’ve been the face of a franchise snub what where
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If we drafted him he may have been. It is hard to sign as a free agent half way through your career and become the face of a franchise.
A large part of the reason people were so invested in Gaudreau, Tkachuk, and Monahan besides their talent is we drafted them. We watched them develop, struggle at times, succeed and then eventually become really good players.
It is just harder for a vet to sign with a team and become a face of the franchise. Especially when he joined the team at the same time as Huberdeau and we had the results we did.