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ComixZone · 03-06-2023, 10:55 AM

It boils down to the team doing something stupid. They prioritized the short term (dumb) and they prioritized bad veteran depth over youthful depth because old = safe. It was poor player assessment and really exposed a bad bias that this team holds.

We've seen it with our forwards all season.

Stone should not have been the one elevated to play to start the season. It should have been Valimaki. Hell, the Flames didn't even want to play Ruzicka but management stood up for him and didn't waive and haven't waived him all season - so why did they waive Valimaki? I mean...they've kept Mackey just sitting around doing friggin' nothing all season. The team would be healthier had they just rolled with Mackey and Valimaki as the 6 and 7 with them battling all season - but nope, they wanted old and safe, even if it's bad.

It should have been:

Hanifin - Andersson
Weegar - Tanev
Valimaki/Mackey - Zadorov

or

Hanifin - Andersson
Zadorov - Tanev
Valimaki/Mackey - Weegar

It just should have been. Flames screwed up their assessment and played into their own bias that "old = safe".

It's an absolute L.

03-06-2023, 10:55 AM	#161
ComixZone Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Exp:	It boils down to the team doing something stupid. They prioritized the short term (dumb) and they prioritized bad veteran depth over youthful depth because old = safe. It was poor player assessment and really exposed a bad bias that this team holds. We've seen it with our forwards all season. Stone should not have been the one elevated to play to start the season. It should have been Valimaki. Hell, the Flames didn't even want to play Ruzicka but management stood up for him and didn't waive and haven't waived him all season - so why did they waive Valimaki? I mean...they've kept Mackey just sitting around doing friggin' nothing all season. The team would be healthier had they just rolled with Mackey and Valimaki as the 6 and 7 with them battling all season - but nope, they wanted old and safe, even if it's bad. It should have been: Hanifin - Andersson Weegar - Tanev Valimaki/Mackey - Zadorov or Hanifin - Andersson Zadorov - Tanev Valimaki/Mackey - Weegar It just should have been. Flames screwed up their assessment and played into their own bias that "old = safe". It's an absolute L. Last edited by ComixZone; 03-06-2023 at 10:58 AM.