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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Meh,
we have now seen Valimaki in the NHL. I am very comfortable saying that non-trade was a total loss by Tre. Valimaki will never have a measurable impact on an NHL game to the same extent as Mark Stone.
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Sorry, but that is ridiculous - you can't know that.
Valimaki may be a top pairing defenseman one day. And he may not.
At a minimum though, he is going to be a Flame for many years. And he is cost controlled for the first several years. So there is lots of value there.