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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not sure about anyone elze but to be honest I doubt I even noticed either was on waivers, since I'm just a fan. I do remember wierd turmoil around the ghostisbehere situation but it took me a minute to even realize he wasn't a Flyer this year.
The difference, is that unlike NHL GMs, armchair GMs are not paid to watch hockey all day every day. When a player with a valuable skillset is available for free, I guess I expect them to go back and watch every shift that player plays (and different levels) and make a judgement call.
Surely you hold professionals to a higher standard too, no? Especially when it's their own player and no one is forcing them to waiver him.
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Sure, but the claim was CPers are as good a judges, or close to it. The fact they all made it through waivers indicates the gamble was good.
For me, I don't view making it through waivers as an indication of value anyway. Lots of teams aren't in a position to simply add a guy from waivers without waiving one of their own or having cap issues (Gost is a pretty hefty contract).
ETA: the fact Kylington made it through waivers preseason (when everyone is busy evaluating their own guys) and at the time had only one practice in due to immigration issues makes his clearance even less relevant.