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Originally Posted by Mike F
At the risk of painting this with too broad a brush. . . .
I don't see how a waiver wire pickup solves any problem for Calgary - they don't have a lack of guys who can play 12 minutes per night on defense, they need someone who can reliably play 20 minutes per night.
(And yes, I'm aware Schlemko played 18 per night in Arizona, but his waiver status indicates to me that he didn't do it reliably).
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They needed another body for depth and they needed to do it before tomorrow. BT is hedging his bets here, there's still a chance he'll push for someone better but if that doesn't work out, at least he got Schlemko. Sutter would have killed for a Schlemko in 2004 when he was forced to play Brennan Evans in the playoffs. You can never have enough defensive depth going into a playoff drive.