Not ready to declare Valimaki any kind of NHLer yetteam . Let's see how he plays on a decent with even the smallest amount of pressure.
If you want to criticize the Flames, it should be the way they manage the cap that prompted them to keep a lesser expensive D on the roster. Valimaki was awful in training camp, but he was still young so there was some hope. You felt good enough about him to sign him to a $2 million AAV deal on August 20,2021. Only one year later you regret it and cut him?
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