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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I don't really care if Hudler's been hurt, he is a better hockey player than Troy Brouwer.
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Wow did you already forget last season? Hudler was far worse last year than Brouwer has been for us. Terrible example.
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I love Frolik, but he is not a better hockey player than Mike Cammalleri.
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That's a bit of a simplistic breakdown. Frolik is certainly a better defensive player than Cammy. Frolik is better along the boards. Frolik is bigger and stronger. Frolik is better on the PK. Cammalleri is a better shooter by far. Very different players. I'd rather have Frolik signed long term at this stage in their careers than Cammalleri.
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
I briefly bought into the Jokipakka kool-aid but Jokipakka is not better than Russell. In fact the only time he's actually looked good was when he was playing with Nakldal in a sheltered third pair role and Nakladal was getting everything on net. Never mind actually signing Grossmann, whom the coach had pure nepotistic relationship with.
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Treliving tried to sign Russell, much to the chagrin of many. Jokipakka is not a Treliving "signing" which was the point you were trying to make originally I thought.
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Raymond and Engelland are not better hockey players than Stempniak and Schlemko. I'll give Treliving a pass on Schlemko only because he's the one who brought Schlemko in (albeit by sheer chance with Giordano injured). And yes, Stempniak was dealt just before Tre got here. But not only was Treliving personally familiar with the player, the player hardly signed elsewhere right away, whereas Mason Raymond was a day one signing.
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Raymond is by far and away Treliving's worst move but he did eventually acknowledge it.
Engelland is better than Schlemko. You seem to have a massive blind spot when it comes to Engelland, you can't seem to admit his valuable role on the team.
I used to enjoy a lot of your posts even when I disagreed with them but they have really gone downhill lately. Some serious bias to those examples and comparisons and a lot of reaches. Hudler? Seriously?