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Uncle dans leg wrote:
Maybe he would have helped win a cup that year...but as is the case with both(or is it the same?) scenarios... he didn't
He was worth $2.5M max and would have received $10M.
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Your Canucks wouldn't have been able to afford a few of their star players (did you check out the link?)
How do they "win a cup" with some of those star players removed?
Hell, a person could argue "No Presidents Trophies and No 2011 Playoff Run".
The fact he (miraculously) didn't accept the Tard Offer, doesn't excuse Gillis from offering it.
I was going to look up sundins stats from the season prior but Esq did it for me...thx
20m was the offer in the summer that he didnt accept and as pointed out semi-retired to play cards and get fucked up at the lake. He was on record as saying he hadn't been working out but with persistence the canucks coaxed him out for one last hurrah.
Also you cant quantify with numbers what his presence meant to emerging superstars H+D as well as Kesler. He was a hockey legend and inspired the pack of wild swedes that were the heart of the soon to be contender, as well as launching them into art ross trophies. I would say he most certainly helped push those 2 into the upper echelon of the NHL.
Considering how adept MG and Gilman were at fiddling the numbers I am sure they would've carried on as such and found a way.
Straw grasper!
"Straw grasper"
I've been clearly talking about the 2nd year of that Tard Offer... what about THAT!
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