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Belanger’s Third Year

Found January 16, 2012 on Mudcrutch79 Hockey:
PLAYERS: Eric Belanger
TEAMS: Edmonton Oilers

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Jason Gregor made what I think is a very fair point over on OilersNation about Eric Belanger the other day. He hasn’t dipped the past few years, in fact his point totals increased slightly. No one could have predicted he’d be this bad, so saying he was a bad signing is wrong. He’s been bad, [...]
Original Story: http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=4163
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