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Originally Posted by adc
Then why does no team in the NHL want him to play for their team?
Is everyone in the NHL just that clueless and has been that clueless multiple times?
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Some teams don't need that kind of player in their system.
The LA Kings don't need any speed, their game is about dumping the puck and then taking it away and never giving it back. They have the horses for that up and down their lineup.
Some teams already have that sort of speedy bottom 6er in their system. The Anaheim Ducks have Andrew Cogliano and the Edmonton Oilers have Lauri Korpikoski.
Some teams have dumb GMs. The Vancouver Canucks thought adding Brandon Prust was more important than improving as a team.
Some teams are just leaving a whole bunch of roster spots open for youngsters and aren't looking to add any veterans at all. The Arizona Coyotes are built to win Auston Matthews.
What do the Flames have in our bottom 6? Bollig(ugh).. Jones... Raymond (ugh)... Stajan... Colborne... Jooris (who's similar, but not really)... Ferland...
Our bottom 6 is pretty slow and it's
not a Kings style group that can just play keep away all game (that includes Colborne, who gives the mirage of being able to protect the puck but really doesn't do a whole lot in that respect and spends most of his time away from the puck). Maybe Treliving wants the Flames to be the Kings and not the Flames, well he has his work cut out for him as it starts in the top 6 and requires a total roster makeover.
But for the Flames to be the Flames, Byron was a key piece in that as he filled a lot of holes (speed through the neutral zone, ability to take away the puck in the defensive zone, an even better forechecker than Frolik) that are now holes again. And we're seeing those holes. Can you fill the holes in different ways? Sure. But we had Paul Byron and decided to create the holes..