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Originally Posted by Lafleurs Guy
Amen.
The guy misses two years and we have to have a doctor tell us he's an injury risk? It was entirely predictable and was predicted by most on this board who aren't drinking the Kool-Aid with the funny stuff in it. There was absolutely no reason not to prepare for this and quite frankly Campioli on the dawn before camp doesn't cut it.
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But those are two different things.
Re-signing Markov is one, not getting a depth Dman is another.
The people that say ''the doctors said'' aren't saying we didn't need a back up.
They're just not blaming Gauthier for the outcome of Markov's situation. That doesn't mean he didn't screw up by not bringing in depth.
Markov is not someone you let walk. I would have taken the same decision 10 times out of 10. But, I would also have signed another D that could fill in as a safety net.
The defense was just poorly built this year. But I think there's also a part of Gauthier that wanted to leave some room for youngsters when injuries happened.
Who really knows what was going on in his head, but that's my take on it.