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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Outrage isn't the right word. Confused is more apt, at least for me.
He has produced consistently when given an opportunity to do so. Those opportunities were just few and far between.
Ruzicka played over 14 minutes in a game just 15 times over the past two years combined and scored 12 points in those games. (66 point pace)
He played 29 games with over 12 minutes of icetime and recorded 19 points in those games. (54 point pace)
He played 35 games with under 10 minutes of icetime and recorded 1 point in those games. (3 point pace)
To put that in perspective Zary alone has hit the 14:00 minute mark 28 times this season alone (19 points), and has never seen less than 10 minutes of icetime at any point. That's an opportunity.
Conroy is apparentely scrounging the league for young NHL roster players who may be in need of more opportunity (similar to Sharangovich). To me we had one right under our noses.
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So the evidence for this year is that Conroy and Huska have been perfectly willing to give opportunities to younger players - Zary, Pospisil, Coronato, Sharangovich being examples (as well as Klapka and Schwindt on lower lines). And they've decided that Ruzicka could be waived after seeing him in practice and in 39 games. To me it's obvious what the conclusion from that is.