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Originally Posted by sempuki
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.
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The misses that we’ve had caused these problems to arise. If we didn’t sign or trade for guys like mason raymond or brandon bollig, we’d still have Paul Byron because we would’ve had room on the roster to keep him up. Of course you’d like to keep everyone, but when you decide to waive someone, you have to expect that they might he claimed.
Still far too many misses for my liking. For myself personally, if we are willing to be so hard on the players and expect accountability. Then i have the same expectations from upper management. As a counter, I’m actually very impressed with our amateur scouting and think they’ve done a wonderful job.