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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It's not an unreasonable question to ask. Should you waive a 23 year old who at one time was progressing nicely and then apparently was derailed by injuries. Was he worth keeping on the NHL roster another year to see if the injuries were behind him?
IMO the Flames wanted to keep him but are always so tight against the cap that his $1.55 million cap hit was the issue. Which maybe means it was a bad contract signing, he was only just signed to that deal a year before being waived.
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It was his cap hit plus the fact that there was no way Sutter was going to play him. And deservingly so, Valimaki was very poor in the preseason.
I guess the only question you can ask is why the situation got to where it was in the first place with a young player like him. I do think he's playing better than people are giving him credit for and still think he has top 4 upside. If he can stay healthy that is, and it's a big if.