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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I was hoping for more like $1M, as he didn't show a great deal last season to warrant much more. However, nothing wrong with this deal at all.
I expect a big jump in play this year. I think that he came in with expectations, and discovered that the jump to the NHL was bigger than he thought. This year he'll be ready for it.
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I'm not sure how you can expect a player like to sign for what the equivalent of a journeyman scrub would get. I think Valimaki is a player that had his development severely hampered by injury and it will take a lot longer to get his trajectory back on track. With that said, he's hardly off the rails and should perform nicely now that he should have some minutes available to really grow.