Hawks have acquired one of the strongest CPHL blueliners Chris Therien form Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Ruslan Salei.
“Hawks defense obviously lacked size”, said Hawks GM Pointman. “And this in particular led us to goaltending woes. We didn’t have a guy, who could clear the front of the net and let goalie see the shot. Hawks are probably the only team in CPHL, whose goaltender never ever won one of three stars. Now we have a guy, who will clear the crease and handle opposition’s big forwards. He also has very good discipline for #1 Dman and after all Hawks added one more 72 OV guy.”
Ruslan Salei is very good blueliner himself, but clearly couldn’t fit into Hawks line-up. He posted terrible –7 in 7 games and led the team in penalty minutes despite playing only 7 games of 15.
“Ruslan is very good dman, who clearly needed a change of scenery”, commented Hawks GM.
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