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Originally Posted by Racki
I'm curious to see if a new coach could get more outta Raymond. I think there was some bad blood between Mason and Hartley.
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Frankly I think Hartley gave Raymond too long of a leash. IMO he should've been a healthy scratch for more games.
With management wanting us to play a heavier, more possession based style Raymond has zero place on this team. Raymond is an anti-possession player. He cannot maintain possession of the puck along the boards, cannot cycle, can't win board battles, can't win net front battles, and can't even finish on breakaways. He literally adds nothing. He subtracts from the team by being useless and having no role.
He's the most obvious buyout candidate for me as he is completely untradeable on that contract. Even Smid has better value to us or in trade if healthy.