devilsblood
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- Mar 10, 2010
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Marino's, and even Sieg's, contracts do offer some good value, especially to teams who have trouble attracting talent, like say WPG.Not to get too far away from the draft topic, but I can totally see the potential Pesce in, Marino out move being driven just as much by in house analytics than “tougher to play against” hockey guy stuff. From a team building perspective, we’re at the point that we want guys that fit with the cogs we have. It’s entirely possible that they see Hughes-Pesce as a much better fit than Hughes-Marino, and are willing to pay more for it.
Plus such a move does free up Marino as an asset that can be used to address another need.
So there is something to using the leverage we may have in being an attractive destination, and exploiting teams who have the reverse problem