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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Clearly they were signed to tank, because it's not like they're hockey players or anything. Obviously the plan is to play Diaz on the top defence pairing, call up some scrub from the minors to play 25 minutes a night with him, and then banish Giordano and Brodie to the press box. And above all, re-sign Joey MacDonald or someone even worse to play the majority of games, and whatever you do, don't get an actual NHL-calibre goalie like Hiller. If you've got bad defence and bad goaltending, you can tank to your heart's content.
Oh, wait, they're not doing any of that.
Apparently the management had something else in mind.
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They're not players though. They're castoffs, especially Diaz and Setoguchi. I really don't get either signing. Both will be buried in the minors by year end as there are better options (Jooris, Ferland, Granlund, and Wootherspoon are all looking ready to make the jump and able to contribute much better than these off season signings).
Hartley certainly isn't having any part in talking, but you have to wonder about the strategy from above with those signings.