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Originally Posted by FakenHaken
Agree with what you said. Pelech did not take advantage of the situation of a bad Staios training camp to get him into the NHL.
Brodie at that time was just not ready.
So when you sit down to make the decision (Brent and Darryl) as the Flames did you keep the veteran because you know eventually the veteran will figure it out as Staios eventually did and move the 2 way contract down because you still don't know is it Pelech's injury or is it foot speed? Now had Pelech proved he was ready for the NHL and made Staios expendable or any veteran for that matter, I believe he would be on the Flames roster. He hasn't proven that he can be here fulltime, and I hypothesize the reason why we acquired Mikkelson and Carson.
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You keep Staios because you are paying him $2,700,000 no matter what.
Pelech looked NHL ready when he was given his 5 game chance at the end of 2009.
You can't really evaluate without at least a 10 game opportunity.
If in the 10 games opportunity that Pelech might have been given had he got into a couple fights and held his own in the Heavy weight division he would be looking at a 100 plus game NHL career a la Rick Rypien.
I know that he clear waivers but that happens early in the season when other teams are still hopeful for the guys they had in camp.