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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The team said he was a healthy scratch, so you can ask them if he was actually injured and they were just throwing him under the bus. His longest scratch was for 6 games (so 2-3 weeks).
My point is not that Greer is great. He's a 4th line guy who the Bruins waived and who has produced twice his best Bruins pace. Likewise Valimaki was sitting in Calgary and is a 4-5 guy for a fairly equally bad team, and who makes more than Greer. Of course, Valimaki was a first round pick whereas Greer is a 2nd rounder.
The point is that I'm not fussed about waiver releases or pickups. By definition they are expendable guys.
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Great points. I don’t understand why folks get themselves in a lather whenever Valimaki is brought up. He happened to play 24 minutes in a game the other night. That gets mentioned and it’s followed by two pages of talk about how awful he is. And then some Greer tangent.
I mean maybe I missed it but is anybody actually saying Valimaki is a difference maker? He seems to be cheap depth (which is better than expensive depth).
And btw he is still very young. He would be the youngest defenseman on the Flames NHL roster.