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Old 05-23-2021, 12:59 PM   #3772
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Personally I would consider Rieder a meh signing.


I was just trying to point out the futility of the argument. Someone who thinks a player Rieder is a very good signing, is already going to think most of the signings are good, and probably won't be convinced otherwise.


I mean, really? Rieder? Alan Quine? They're depth signings, they're nothing. Occasionally you hit a homerun with one, or one is incredibly disappointing, but for the most, part, they're just kind of there.


As Jiri pointed out, usually they aren't signed to be difference-makers, just to basically exist.
Good/bad is certainly subjective. I'm encouraging others to go through the exercise to see how quickly they'll be confronted with "can I argue this was a good acquisition?"

But it doesn't really matter. Treliving's UFA signings are a long list of sad. A lot of filler, way too many big ticket disasters and a few modest successes in between. Tanev is the closest thing to a homerun Treliving has at this point.
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