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Loved the hire the second I heard about it. The only thing is it's a waste if management and/or Quinn is forcing Smith and Staal to dress every game on the blueline.
They didn't do that last year, so I don't know why they would this year. Smith played most of the year on the 4th line until Skjei was traded. Staal was a healthy scratch at times. With the emergence of Lindgren, if Hajek could have stayed up, I'd bet he would have played more in place of Staal. You can't blame the coach for playing Smith or Staal when we don't have any better options.