I think we won the trade, but I think we (fans) are undervaluing Horak. He's solid, even at the NHL level. Not the most skilled, but great hockey sense.
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Originally Posted by Yanda
does this teams management really feel like 1 off-season is a good rebuild?
The team seems to have been in win-now mode the entire time, dating back to drafting Monohan (We need a player who can play in the NHL next season)... why?
Cant we suck for 2-5 years and then go into win-now mode?
Very frustrating that they would make a short-sighted move to bandage the Giordano injury when we could have promoted from within.
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Monahan was the obvious pick at the time, and now appears to have been the best pick available to the Flames by a mile... the only thing you'd change for a "slow rebuild" is sending him to Ottawa, but even then, as a "slow rebuild" advocate myself, he pretty much forced the Flames to keep him.
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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Last season Smid was 3rd among all defensemen in hits and 6th in blocked shots. Those are pretty impressive stats for a bottom pairing guy.
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Unfortunately, hits and blocked shots correlate inversely with possession.