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Originally Posted by timbit
Getting comfortable is not the primary objective. It’s not even close.
Winning is the only objective.
At this point Zadorov helps the team win, according to Darryl.
Valimaki will need to earn his chance by his amelioration in compete, tactical / skill levels , in practice.
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Winning is the objective I agree. However ameliorating value of assets is critical to winning. Beating Ottawa and lesser squads while losing to better groups isn’t the mark of justification for your viewpoint. We traded a fourth overall pick for two seconds, value wise, recently with this type of thinking. That type of asset management keeps this team and us the fans in perpetual mediocrity.
I really hope we keep up the work ethic and effort. Yet I want this team to develop our assets and contend for a championship. Zadorov hasn’t shown me he can, asidefrom a decent defensive game, be more than what he is. He doesn’t have the skating and vision to be a top four guy. Valimaki does have it. He just doesn’t have the quality Darryl values most and it’s grit. So what happens when valimaki is finally on waivers like kyllington? Does he sneak by enough to prove himself or is that more an aberrant situation? It looks as if it maybe headed towards valimaki developing a bad attitude and tanking his value further over Zadorovs place in the line up.
I don’t want to lose an asset that could have essentially landed us mark stone who I feel would have really helped this squad. He’s got grit in spades.