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Originally Posted by Locke
Yeah, I dont know about that. Lou was also the one that was trying to nickle and dime Matthews on his ELC until Shanahan stepped in and just maxed him out.
I dont know how Lou is going to convince Tavares to stay.
"This is a great and proud organization that I've been with for the last 10 minutes..."
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That's true, but I wouldn't give Shanahan much credit on that, because that's not generally how corporations work. It was likely he was directed to negotiate and when they realized their mistake nickle and diming, they just opened the vault. I've never been a fan of Lamorillo, and from reading some stuff from NJ over the years, he doesn't seem like a nice guy, but I think Shanahan made a mistake in not holding the ship for another year. As an outsider we'll never know what was going on behind closed doors, with conflicts and such, but the Leafs this year made good strides and making such a drastic change seems like one of those things management does when they play with pieces just because, but if you were to look at it in hindsight it probably won't work out. Given the old boys club in sports, I'm not sure every GM is on board with dealing with a young guy who certainly looks younger than his age.