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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Gilles will easily pass through waivers some time before the end of camp. Is that not the definition of not being able to give him away for free? And I don't think it's been suggested by many (any?) that Wolf and Zagidulin should be top 10. Gilles generously was put 15th this year, he probably should be 20th or so, with Zag and Wolf in the mid to late teens.
Edit: Even Zoller would probably admit that Nick Schneider should be lower, that was a bit hyperbolic.
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No it doesn't mean the definition because end of camps is when several good future NHLers get waived.
Binnington is the obvious here. If you treat him like an outlier (which he probably isn't, especially for goalies) then Nedeljlkovic, Ho-Sang, C McKenzie, Hyka, Lindberg, Dansk, Milano, Letestu, Puempel, Frk, Sateri, Barber, N Walker, Prosser, Porter, Kossila, Conacher, Bracco, Kaskusio... are also worthless.
Several of them are going to be in the NHL next year and a few are going to hit big.
A guy who gets sent down at any other point in the season, especially after the first month when injuries and struggling teams looking to make changes, and passes through can maybe be defined as ungiveawayable (boy that doesn't sound like a real word) but not anyone during camps.