I'm not sure what the better path for Valimaki's development is - middle pair or bottom pair? Is a Valimaki-Kylington bottom pair the right thing for either of them? With Hanifin on the roster, that seems like the most likely outcome.
Unless you treat the bottom 4 as equali(ish):
Gio-Andersson
Hanifin-Kylington
Valimaki- [cheap veteran]
But that doesn't seem great in several respects, including cap management beyond next year.
Winning in this league right now requires getting some really good value out of guys on ELCs - that means Valimaki holding his own on the middle pair for <$1M. I'd rather sign a UFA RD to pair with Vali and recoup assets from Hanifin than try to fit too many square parts into round holes.
Hanifin is simply expendable, and he likely holds more value to others than he does for us.
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Originally Posted by TOfan
Mark Stone said so himself on 31 thoughts. Friedman has also talked about this in advance and since that interview.
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