[Cali Panthers Fan]

I don't know if it's worth discussing players like Regehr, Iginla, and Giordano as "being lost for nothing". Those players gave their prime years to Calgary, and pretty much had very little left to give after leaving here. Iginla had a bit more in his first couple years away from Calgary, but he's a goddam legend, so of course he did.

St. Louis was a mistake, as was Savard to some extent. Stralman was a surprise, but you can see that with many young players on teams that there's just no room for. Other teams acquire them and they flourish.

I was just thinking about this the other day seeing players like Gustav Forsling, Carter Verhaeghe, and Mason Marchment go from fringe or waiver players to absolute top talents in the league. It happens far more often than people realize, so we shouldn't wring our hands over it when it does happen, and we definitely shouldn't be crying about Valimaki just yet.

It's nice to see him stick in the lineup in Arizona, but the stakes are really low and they can afford to give him the ice time. We could not. There's not much more to say.