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I don't mind the underselling of a problem child here or there. It happens. But it just becomes a bit of a problem when it happens too often. Toss away a Ribeiro, fine, I can see why sometimes it might seem necessary. Free agents walk away too and you end up with nothing to show for them. You can't keep all assets, nor recoup value on all the ones who depart.
But when it becomes a Ribeiro, a Kostitsyn, a Grabovski, a Latendresse... it starts to add up to a bit more of an issue when multiple young "squandered" assets in a relatively short period of time show themselves to have value to their new teams that we have nothing to show for.
I'm not too sure I'd want them all back, mind you. (Although I'm partial to SK and Latendresse, not so much Ribeiro or Grabovski). But it *would* have been nice to at least have something to show for them. Or at least a couple of them.
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