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Originally Posted by dammage79
Yeah, don't expect a big UFA season from Conny. Said so just now.
Trades? He's all about it. Sounds like he's a kid in a candy store when he visits the land of misfit toys. He's gonna go after guys that dont fit on their teams but might fit on the Flames.
I fully trust his process there. He nailed all of his misfit toy trades IMO. Sharkbait, Kuzmenko, Miromanov.
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Good.
This is taking from the Bill Zito playbook. It's how he managed to fill out the roster around his core pieces: Verhaeghe, Forsling, Benett, Montour etc.
Just because a guy is on a bad team, or not performing well on any team, doesn't mean there isn't a good player in there somewhere. I've been happy with the guys you mentioned, but also a player like Pachal, who I hadn't even heard of until the they picked him up on waivers. He's already a solid bottom pairing d-man with potential to be more.
That's being a good GM. Find diamonds in the rough and give them an opportunity to be part of a growing team. Those guys on waivers will love the team forever for the chance given to them.