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Originally Posted by Toonage
Yeah he wasn't brought in to reach some sort of compliance. Treliving has a good history of giving these guys a lot of rope, and sometimes even a contract.
Nothing to panic over or get worked up about, but I'd rather guys like MacDonald don't even get past the front door. Why tempt fate?
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I don't think it's a huge issue even if he gets past the front door...last year this team had 9 d-men that could be regulars out of camp, either guys with NHL experience or top end prospects.
Giordano
Brodie
Hanifin
Hamonic
Stone
Andersson
Valimaki (inj)
Kylington
Prout
Two of those players are gone, and a third is likely injured for the year.
They need some bodies to fill those spots and Davidson is the only proven guy for it right now, and you have Valiev & Yelesin as question marks with little to no NHL experience.
And MacDonald isn't as bad as people think. He's fine in a 6/7 role with limited minutes. He just had a horrible contract in Philly.
With the cap crunch this team needs to be able to create some depth with cheap 2 way contracts for guys that have NHL experience, and MacDonald fits that bill.