In signing center Ryan O’Reilly, defenseman Luke Schenn and forward Gustav Nyquist to multi-year deals
First, he has no interest — and apparently feels no need — to go into full-steam “tanking” mode, which would mean stripping Nashville’s roster to a bare-bones minimum, letting all the kids play and suffering loss after loss en route to high draft picks in the next few years.
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