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Originally Posted by Lunatik
Defenseman
RFA - Brendan Mikkelson - let him walk
RFA - Matt Pelech - I would give him 1 year @ 500k, if he doesn't take that I wouldn't qualify him
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But why are we Keeping pelech? He's not quick enough for ahl forwards. What's worse, he doesn't have the hockey sense to compensate for this. Everyone seems to think he can be another Regehr, but that's very clearly not the case at this point. Regehr is a good skater.
If pelech were even a comparable defender to Hal Gill, that'd be something. But he's not. He is slow, inefficient, and not worth the organization's time any more. Even with the loss of Erixon, he's still what, tenth on the depth chart at best? For a first round pick, six years after he was drafted, that's a sign that NHL hockey is not in your future. If he were a 7th round pick, we would have cut him two years ago.