Lmao you guys are so funny regarding Valimaki, it’s a perfect example of you trying to rewrite history. Facts are Valimaki was really bad in North America since he came back from his injury, his skating was atrocious. He looked terrible even in the AHL the season before he got waived.
The only way for him to improve his skating was to play a ton and gain confidence. There was no way he would get a spot in the top 6 on this team, he was terrible in camp and season prior, gifting him a spot would make no sense. It was always obvious that if Valimaki would fix his skating again he would be a good player, from what I have seen when we played the yotes, his skating looks way better than it has been in 3 years. He was never going to get to this level on this team, you think he would have suddenly figured it out getting an odd game and getting benched any time he made a mistake, no. Yotes were one of the only teams who could just give him ice time, and it worked out for them. Waiving Valimaki was the right choice at the time and nothing will change that, Valimaki was done here
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