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Originally Posted by Dagger
Kiprusoff was still regarded fairly highly despite having a bumpy start to his career. He was stuck behind an elite netminder in Nabokov and a young guy that stepped in and played well(Toskala).
This is completely different. With Berra signing with us so quickly, it obviously wasn't the player not agreeing to come over and play in the NHL. To me, it says a lot that a struggling Blues team wouldn't give him a look, instead signing guys like Conklin, Chris Mason, an over the hill Manny Legace, and Brian Elliot coming off a 3+ GAA and .890 sv percentage. And they showed they had no problem looking at guys like Bishop and Allen during the same stretch, who were/are much more raw than Berra.
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Apparently, Berra had no interest in coming to NA. Only recently (before the trade - not to say this trade had a factor in his decision at all) did he suddenly make it known he wants to come to NA. Fans on other forums have stated as much as well, saying he didn't ever want to come over, and that they didn't even know he was still part of their organization at all.