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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The guy has 18 points. And a few people who have likely watched less than 30 seconds of his ice time this season are ready to string up the coach and ridicule thr entire organization’s ability to evaluate talent.
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Mangiapane has 16 points and Lucic has 9
so at the very least, he would be more productive than those two guys to this point
I think that's an exaggeration, but for 2 camps straight they haven't "liked" any one in attendance that was fighting for a spot. so either every one not a regular has just been terrible & unworthy, or they're reading too much into a 2 week segment in september, when most guys haven't yet gotten up to speed
last camp, they probably had a case .. this one, I don't buy that they didn't have any viable top 9 options in attendance
Phillips and Zary made cases, and they probably sent both down prematurely. Milano didn't stick out, but signing him would've presented no risk and the upside was probable, because he is more or less a proven entity at this level, at least to put up middle six numbers
not hanging coaching and management, but I think they made some poor decisions this year - first signing Rooney without a look in camp, and expecting Milano to be all worldly and impress sutter in a short window playing on the 4th line, and not choosing to sign him for pennies which left them in a worse situation where they're using grinders to fill roles they're not cut out for
Sutter is a harsh evaluator and thriving under his system/style takes time. playing up to his expectations in such a short window is a tough task. I think anybody coming in for a job was being set up to fail right from the start ... it's worse that they were going to be be evaluated playing with low skill vets
not a huge deal, probably doesn't move the needle much either way, but they should've signed him