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Originally Posted by Sakari
That's a terrible statement. Stajan has been great this year, he leads the team in plus minus and has 5 assists. IMO, Sarich has been pretty good in the games he's played. Jackman is surely NHL caliber for a grinder, he just needs to play a more physical game. Babchuk is definitely good, he just needs to be used on the PP.
Begin, Smith, Butler, Horak, Taylor, Street, and Byron, are all either scratched or in the AHL more than they play. Byron has played 3 minutes of ice time, and Taylor has not played one game. Smith has barely played, and Butler has played a few good games. The only players we can argue that should not have a roster spot whatsoever are Comeau and Taylor, and Taylor is simply a call-up because we have an injured starter.
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Stajan has been acceptable as an NHLer, but not for 3.5 million (that's why he gets a lot less credit in my book)
Sarich has been invisible and slow, with the exception of the one guy he hit in the Stars game.
Jackman has been completely useless. Doesn't hit, doesn't contribute offensively. Waste of a roster spot. Ben Street contributed more and he's not an NHLer either.
Babchuk looked slower than Theo Fleury from his tryout last night. If you can't skate at even a below average NHL level, you're not an NHL player. His speed is terrible.
Butler has been mostly ineffective with little flashes of decent play. Reminds me somewhat of a less skilled version of Anders Eriksson that thinks the game only marginally better.
The rest of the guys are fringy guys that aren't showing that they deserve a job. That can change, but the time to show something is now and none of them have taken advantage of the injury situation.
Byron did look decent in the 3 minutes he played, just bad luck in his case.
I might be being a little harsh and honest, but when you're only better than the Columbus Blue Jackets, you need to evaluate things a little more critically.