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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He's right though. It's a lot to expect Valimaki to come in after not playing a lot of hockey over the past two years and fix the Flames defensive woes or even be an improvement over Kylington. He's not a finished product himself.
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Maybe, but when someone is trying to stomp out hope in every thread you have to wonder!
Valimaki showed a lot of promise the last two years, even in limited time. I think an AHL stint would be good, but if he puts up a ~ppg again and is clearly the best defender down there you'd be tempted to pop him right back in.
My own preference has shifted back to selling a bit, so I would be in favor of trying to ride out the whole season with him not playing to avoid expansion draft implications. But if we are still contending at the deadline I expect ownership will disagree.