I think I’m fine with the player. The point of my issue with Tanev isn’t the player. I was with
@Empoleon8771 when the idea of JJ first came up.
The issue is giving him and Tanev a contract that purposefully eliminates the opportunity for youth and results in you losing better players.
I think Tanev will be a fine 4th line LW for us. The issue is Simon and ZAR already were. I wasn’t a big fan of Archibald or AJ, but they were similar.
So people like yourself will defend aspects of this contract and then turn around and criticize Sullivan for playing JJ and Tanev over younger players with the actual chance of being better.
It is why I’ll never criticize Sully for Tanev or JJ’s usage. They both are signed here longer than Letang, Malkin and in Tanev’s case as long as Sid. Of course they’re going to get every chance to prove their worth.