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So far we've signed Richardson, Santorelli, Pelletier and a trio of depth chart defenceman. Some of these signings have had professional experience within international leagues and have fought it out in the minors. Compared to past aquisitions/ signings of high priced players, I think these moves are high in value. It gives us veteran players with leadership qualities, and most importantly, players who are hungry to stick in the bigs and contribute. With a coach known to push the buttons at key times and up the ante, I think having players in the depth chart of our roster will provide a competitve attitude, as opposed to having high end shoe-ins throughout the lineup.

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MG has to fill out the AHL roster plus plug some major holes at the NHL level all while being butted up against the cap. I would not want his job today. He has a disgruntled Luongo with no other #1 goalie in sight, a porous defense and add to that the cap space issue and I think we will see the first 2 NHL lines being solid and the 3rd and 4th lines being filled by rookies and journeymen. I believe we finish 7th in the conference and get knocked out in the first round by Dallas.

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Personally I could do without Gillis signing one more player until he gets Tanev signed. I know these players are not signing for huge dollars but we don't have a whole lot left at this point, do we? If he lets Tanev walk I for one will be blowing a gasket.

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MG has to fill out the AHL roster plus plug some major holes at the NHL level all while being butted up against the cap. I would not want his job today. He has a disgruntled Luongo with no other #1 goalie in sight, a porous defense and add to that the cap space issue and I think we will see the first 2 NHL lines being solid and the 3rd and 4th lines being filled by rookies and journeymen. I believe we finish 7th in the conference and get knocked out in the first round by Dallas.

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MG has to fill out the AHL roster plus plug some major holes at the NHL level all while being butted up against the cap. I would not want his job today. He has a disgruntled Luongo with no other #1 goalie in sight, a porous defense and add to that the cap space issue and I think we will see the first 2 NHL lines being solid and the 3rd and 4th lines being filled by rookies and journeymen. I believe we finish 7th in the conference and get knocked out in the first round by Dallas.

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So far we've signed Richardson, Santorelli, Pelletier and a trio of depth chart defenceman. Some of these signings have had professional experience within international leagues and have fought it out in the minors. Compared to past aquisitions/ signings of high priced players, I think these moves are high in value. It gives us veteran players with leadership qualities, and most importantly, players who are hungry to stick in the bigs and contribute. With a coach known to push the buttons at key times and up the ante, I think having players in the depth chart of our roster will provide a competitve attitude, as opposed to having high end shoe-ins throughout the lineup.

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People seem to forget that Santorelli had 20 goals, which is within the same profile as Raymond. Has anyone ever thought that perhaps his lack of playing time contributed to a fall in production? People keep saying we need to get bonifide goal scorers...but we also need to bare in mind the high priced disapointments.

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