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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I really like Lazar as a person, I think he’s a phenomenal interview as well. But as a player, he leaves a lot to be desired. I’ve said this before, but our pro scouting has been a failure. Very few hits and too many misses that have come back to hurt this team.
They targeted guys like Lazar, Brouwer, Bollig, Raymond, Hiller, Chiasson, F Hamilton, Elliott, Shinkaruk and etc while jettisoning useful guys like Paul Byron, Sven Baertschi, Markus Granlund and etc in the process is not a good track record nor does it give me a ton of confidence in our pro scouting department.
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They wanted to keep Byron, and lost on the bet no one would take him. Baertchi made it clear he wouldn't re-sign here. Granlund has benefited enormously from a shallow Canucks lineup to showcase the only thing that keeps him in the NHL: his brain.
The other guys brought in either fulfilled their roles for a time, or were gambles good GMs take. No one can predict who's going to fall off, and no one is complaining about bets that paid off.