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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
If a win is Alan Quine, and a loss is James Neal, I'm personally not calling that 50/50. However you want to score is subjective but I don't know how you look at the UFA signings in total and don't come to the conclusion they have hurt the club and are a meaningful reason as to why the club has performed poorly.
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Well in that case let’s make fair comparisons then:
Alan Quine to Tobias Rieder. Both one year two way league min contracts. Quine was at least what you could consider neutral, and probably good for what he brought to the AHL club. Rieder was a very good signing relative to his contract.
James Neal and Markstrom are the two biggest UFA contracts handed out by Treliving. Neal was a disaster, but Treliving deserves some credit for turning a negative into a positive. And I like the chances of Markstrom being a significant contributor to this club moving forward. Too early to tell, I suppose, but that’s a bet I’m willing to take.