I’ve gotten sentimentality out of the way and bid farewell to Kyle Okposo. Lighthouse Hockey did a pretty grand job of covering Frans Nielsen that I’m not sure anyone can really duplicate. That leaves us with Matt Martin. Beyond the sentimentality and actual concrete numbers that we’ll miss from each of the three free agents who walked away, Matt Martin’s absence is going to be missed most and I’ll tell you why: his was the face of the franchise.
Now before everyone goes off the rails about John Tavares, I’m not talking about carrying the franchise.