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Originally Posted by redmile04
Wonder if him being the lone player in the Hanifin deal has something to do with keeping him. What i mean is to not have that trade look bad by giving him another shot to hopefully have become a decent Defenseman on the team?
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I sure hope that has nothing to do with the decision making. If that's what they're worried about then we have problems.
As it stands Gridin is going to end up in the AHL to make room for this team to carry Miromanov. Now, they could put Huby on IR to make room, but I don't get why they wouldn't waive Miromanov just to give themselves some options.
They've talked about how they will take the 23 best players and they just aren't doing that. Gridin, Wolf and Frost were the 3 best and most consistent players in this training camp and Gridin is likely AHL bound. Now, that I don't have a problem with. Having Gridin get some experience at the AHL level is something I can get behind. What I can't get behind is keeping someone like Miromanov on the roster, someone who fell out of the lineup after Christmas last season, someone who was absolutely awful in training camp, and someone who is going to be off this roster in a years time so that they could waive and lose Solovyov. They drafted, and developed the kid. Solovyov even showed flashes in training camp. Why wouldn't you want to see what you have there?
The lack of consistency with their "philosophy" is what I have a problem with. For a team that say's they're getting younger, they let the younger player get away to keep a worse "vet" on the roster who is going to be off this roster, and likely out of the NHL, in a years time.