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Originally Posted by jlh2640
He didn’t even come close to deserving a job here. But he should’ve been kept over Mackey. The reality is. He will never ever be anywhere close to a top 4 dman. And if the bizarre Kylington absence doesn’t happen. Then I’m not so sure Mackey is here either.
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Why? Because he was a former 1st round pick? Valimaki kept regressing and wasn't even a top 4 d on the farm team while Mackey showed enough to be a 7th defender on the NHL team. Based on merit Mackey deserved to be here over Valimaki. Mackey stumbled this year but before the decision came to put Valimaki on waivers the decision was an easy one.