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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I'm pretty sure the team has Valimaki pencilled in a top 4 role next season. I have to think that there's a good possibility they retain one or both of Gustafson and Forbort if they show well down the stretch. The team has missed Gio but have they really missed Hamonic that much?
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Valimaki hasn't played in almost a year and played fewer than 50 games last year, there is absolutely no way they are penciling him in as a top 4 defenseman at this point in time. I love Vali, but the guy has just 24 NHL games.