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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Regardless of what happens to the GM the organization should probably take a good look at what's going on in the pro scouting department as free agency has been pretty abysmal. I think Leivo was worth a shot but who the hell thought Simon would be a good fit?
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Neither matter ... they're essentially league minimum NHL hockey players that can be assigned to the AHL team with no impact on your cap.
Simon was a pretty solid hockey player in Pittsburgh, no offence, but good up and down. He was lost in Calgary.
Any pro scouting review should focus on the bigger fish.
In order all UFA signings ...
Michael Frolik - good signing
Kris Versteeg - good signing
Chad Johnson - good signing
Troy Brouwer - bad signing
Jaromir Jagr - neutral?
James Neal - bad signing
Derek Ryan - good signing
Austin Czarnik - good signing
Tobias Rieder - good signing
Cam Talbot - good signing
I'll leave Markstrom and Tanev out of it. I think both are good signings.
You can't gloss over big mistakes with quantity, but really it's a two UFA issue in Treliving's tenure.
I think the impactful (good and bad) list would be Frolik, Brouwer, Neal, Markstrom and Tanev when it's all said and done.