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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Did I think they’d be better than they were? Definitely but more based on what I’d heard and read than in actually viewing the players. Shame on me I suppose but we need the organization to start hitting on these things, don’t we? Most of these low risk signings or trades going back to Shore (both of them), Lazar etc. just haven’t panned out.
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Teams get better when you develop your own depth ... I think most teams face a crap shoot when you're bringing guys in at league minimum and hoping they do well.
Probably more so for a small market Canadian franchise because the tier before the last chance saloon has other options.
But all teams do it.
Jankowski was a face plant in Pittsburgh and is now gone. The Oilers and Canucks are moving on from depth players. I'm sure the turnover is huge.
Ideally you have a deep system and they take up the spots, but then that's tough too if they're being developed to be upper roster players - don't want to learn them as muckers.