Once touted a favorite for the Calder by Bobby Mack, Cory Conacher is stuck trying to get back into the NHL:
http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index..._take_off.html
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Near the end of that regular season Tampa Bay, in desperate need of a goalie, swapped him to Ottawa in exchange for Ben Bishop. The deal was a heist for the Lightning — Bishop is now one of the NHL's best netminders.
Conacher, though, never fit into his new systems. In 2013-14 he contributed just four goals and 16 assists with Ottawa. The Senators then put him on waivers, and Buffalo took him. Nineteen games with the Sabres netted three goals and three assists.
"I don't know. He's a good player, very offensive. I think timing and where you get an opportunity, I think, makes a difference,'' Crunch captain Mike Angelidis said of Conacher, his former teammate. "I think in this business a lot of it has to do with timing, getting put in the right spots, and how things work out. You see a lot of skilled guys that don't make it. They never got a chance. It just all depends. There's a lot of factors that come into it.''
Can Conacher find one more coach, one more organization to really buy into his game?
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Call me crazy but I would love to see this guy beside Gaudreau for a few shifts... and say a Colborne to make up for the size issue.
