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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
And? Losing those guys isn't a big deal. You have no clue how good teams build a contender. Do you think Chicago was happy to get rid of Byfuglien and Ladd? And the other good players they lost to the cap crunch?
Colborne is garbage which isn't blind disdain. Two teams gave up on him already and soon to be a third team.
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That's a lovely sentiment for a local kid who is doing quite well this year despite the detractors. Not everyone is Gaudreau, Monahan or Bennett. But after those three, and maybe Frolik and Backlund, no forward has been a model of consistency (hell - Bennett hasn't either for that matter).
Despite the criticism, Colborne has held his own points-wise all year, not just in the last month - ahead of pretty much everyone he would normally be expected to be ahead of. And I don't think he's bad defensively at all. And now I think he's finding his role where he can dig the puck and get it to guys like Bennett or Backlund - that's worked well. He was trying to do things he shouldn't before. He's improved his production each and every year in Calgary. That's in contrast to, for example, Bouma.
IMO signing Colborne would be a no-brainer if it wasn't for Bouma's precedent setting contract.
Oh, and two teams giving up one him? Boston traded him for Kaberle, who they figured they needed. And forgive me if I don't rely on the Toronto Maple Leafs as an assessor of talent, especially back then.