DaveMatthew
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What player was an example of penny pinching vs hockey eval ?
Good hockey Eval’s
Turris, EK, MD , RD, ... I want to add $9.5x8 Stone and Pageau.
Penny pinching driven out of town.
Zibby , ?
There's no way to say Mark Stone was good "evaluation". I would bet on him being a more productive and effective player over the next 8 years than whoever we draft with the SJ pick, to be honest, and definitely more impactful than Erik Brannstrom.
Turris? Yes.
Karlsson? Okay, but he's still a top pairing defenseman and won't hurt you, even at his salary, and from everything Pierre Dorion has said, he wanted to keep him, but he had no interest in staying.
Stone? The guy will be the best player on one of the best teams in the NHL for a while. Even if he made $11M and not $9.5M, Stone will help teams win playoff games much more than hurt them, and the end goal is not to accumulate "talent", but to win playoff games.