Although manager Derek Adams has signed seven new players over the close season, Plymouth Argyle fans will still no doubt regard Adams' key move of the summer to be the retention of Graham Carey.
Irishman Carey, 27, who was the Pilgrims' top scorer with 15 goals in all competitions in the 2016-17 season as they won promotion from League Two, has agreed what has been described as a 'significantly improved' deal with Argyle.
There had been speculation linking him with a possible move to the Championship, but it is your correspondent's belief that the Irish playmaker has made the right decision to remain at Home Park.
Carey's performances last season brought back memories of another golden Graham who played a key role in helping another Devon side win promotion from the Football League's basement division - former Torquay United striker David Graham.
Former Rangers and Scotland Under-21 starlet Graham was the Gulls' leading scorer with 23 goals in all competitions in the 2003-04 season, helped United to win automatic promotion and was named in the Division Three team of the year - just as Carey was for Argyle in the campaign just gone - and earned himself a move to Wigan Athletic.
At Plainmoor Graham was guaranteed regular first team football and enjoyed a strong relationship with the then Gulls manager Leroy Rosenior. However at the JJB Stadium he found himself playing second fiddle to the Championship's most prolific strike partnership of Nathan Ellington and Jason Roberts, as the Latics won promotion to the Premier League for the first time ever.
Graham then found himself sold to Sheffield Wednesday on the eve of the 2005-06 campaign and, aside from a loan spell with Huddersfield Town, he was never able to reach the standard he reached at Plainmoor between 2001 and 2004.
Where Carey's tale differs from that of Graham is that he is currently with a club that has plenty of potential who he can grow with as a player - rather than him trying to fit in with another team's philosophy.
Also he will be continuing to serve under a manager in Derek Adams who knows how to motivate him and how to make the best use of his undoubted ability, as he also played under Adams at Ross County.
And this is the major reason why he has made the right decision to remain a Pilgrim.
