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Originally Posted by Insufficient Funds
You say you don't like that the Flames spent a 2nd on him because one of our prospects could fill the same roll. Obviously management disagrees and Lazar is ready to play now. Outside of Janko, no one is ready to make the jump on the forward group. I would rather have a 22 year old kid on an under $1m contract for the whole season than some scrub vet at the deadline. The difference between Lazar and Shrink? Ones an NHLer ones not.
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Since when is Lazar an NHLer? Because Ottawa stapled him to the bench for s 2 seasons? Management here might think that about Lazar, but Ottawa's sure doesn't or he would still be there. I don't think other teams were chomping at the bit to pickup Lazar either, because he was widely known to be available and if it wasn't for the Flames swooping in last second, he would not have been moved.
Hopefully the kid pans out here, but there seems to be some train of thought on this board that he's more than he is.