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Originally Posted by thymebalm
Having watched a lot of Taylor this season I wish they'd start him and show the fans the player they signed and why he deserved the contract.
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He deserved the contract because Kipper got hurt. If they were signing him due to his play they would have done so earlier and not picked up Joey Macdonald on waivers.
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I have my doubts too but it's not that simple. For another team to sign Taylor, Calgary gets first refusal rights because he's signed with their farm team, so it might make some teams not want the bother.
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A one year, minimum deal is a bother?
He would have been easy as pie for another team to sign but the fact that every team in the league has a guy similar or better than Taylor in terms of NHL potential in their farm system means that the guy was unsigned going into the season and not needed by other teams in the league.
The organization that ran the farm team he played on didn't want to sign him to a deal until an emergency injury forced them to quickly grab someone and even then he was replaced a couple days later when someone else came available.