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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So Leinvo is basically no contact forward coming off a major injury who was not that fast in the first place.
He is 27 years old and has 6 NHL seasons with a career best of 19 pts 5 of which came on the PP.
He is not a bottom 6 energy guy.
This signing makes me think back to the signings of Nigel Dawes and Mason Raymond.... except at that time the Flames were desperate for someone to play in the Top-6 which they are not at this time.
Have no idea where he fits in the Flames lineup or plans.
Nordstrom made great sense, Simon was more a what the heck, but this one is a head scratcher. Buddy Robinson's $700 K one way makes more sense.
Maybe a Czarnik replacement on the Heat.
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It's a 1-year deal, for essentially league minimum.
I feel like I could repost my post from the Simon thread.
Opposing fans say he has warts (e.g. coming off injury) but really liked him and wanted to keep him, and given the cost and term, think it's a fantastic value deal for flames. Instead...
It's not that people can't critique, but it comes across that if the flames won the cup in 6 games, a subset would complain it wasn't good enough because it wasn't a sweep.