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transplant99 · 06-08-2020, 09:02 AM

Am I alone in thinking that Hamonic will be the key UFA guy BT wants to keep over the rest of them... even for various reasons?

And Valimaki is going to supplant Hanifin? I suppose its possible but the guy has played all of 87 games in the last 3 years,{half of those in junior) and likely is going to need a good long stretch just to get anywhere close to game speed at an AHL level, nevermind in the NHL. I think he may be closer to being out of the game completely more than being an NHL regular. Hope Im wrong because he really did look fantastic before all this unfortunate injury stuff.

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transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	Am I alone in thinking that Hamonic will be the key UFA guy BT wants to keep over the rest of them... even for various reasons? And Valimaki is going to supplant Hanifin? I suppose its possible but the guy has played all of 87 games in the last 3 years,{half of those in junior) and likely is going to need a good long stretch just to get anywhere close to game speed at an AHL level, nevermind in the NHL. I think he may be closer to being out of the game completely more than being an NHL regular. Hope Im wrong because he really did look fantastic before all this unfortunate injury stuff.