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Originally Posted by SeanCharles
I get why they did it but this is why I was against throwing Valimaki on waivers over Mackey.
I think Mackey would have cleared and Valimaki has done well in Arizona.
I get Mackey looked better in preseason but it wasn’t by much and Valimaki is younger with more pedigree and potential.
I’m happy Valimaki got out of this nightmare situation but disappointed we didn’t give him another shot.
Really it comes down to Tre signing Valimaki to a sizeable contract a couple years back.
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I think Mackey lapped him in the AHL last year too though.
Bigger sample size.