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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
1) Very little chance that we're up near 49 contracts this year
2) who ever said he deserves more of a chance than Reinhart or Granlund?
If they are better than him, they'll get their chance.
Better to have someone that they have to outplay in order to make it than simply open the spot up.
Plus, if he plays well, he becomes a tradable asset.
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So this is all about hoping he becomes a tradeable asset? Seems a bad reason to re-sign him IMO.
I'm fine with rookies having to outplay guys to make the roster. The guy they outplay doesn't have to be Galiardi. We can sign some depth UFA's in the summer or deal mid round draft picks for some just like we did last year with Galiardi and Russell. Getting rid of Galiardi doesn't mean we have to hand rookies spots. There's lots of time to acquire players via UFA or trade this summer to shore up depth.
Bottom line for me is that I don't see any reason to believe he'll rebound. He's been given lots of chances. We're trying to upgrade the team and we can do it with players from outside the organization or within or a combination of the two. Based on his last season I don't see any reason to retain him.
Glencross-Monahan-Hudler
Baertschi/Gaudreau/Granlund-Backlund-Jones
Byron-Stajan-Colborne
Westgarth-Bouma-McGrattan
With re-signing a guy like Westgarth we could already have four lines while only handing one spot to a rookie. So add in a depth UFA guy, maybe a mid rounder for another depth guy and the rookies will still have to outplay guys to make the team and not have their roles handed to them. Galiardi doesn't need to be in that equation at all. His play doesn't merit another contract on a team looking to improve on the type of mediocrity he brought.