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- Jul 27, 2010
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You can try to tell me rushing to get rid of him at the cost of a 2nd round pick when we don’t even know if we’ll need that cap space is a smart move, but I probably won’t see it that way.Assuming nobody claims Walman, which is entirely possible because of a tight cap landscape across the entire NHL, Detroit has to pay his full salary in the AHL if he clears. What is the upside to that? We are still stuck paying him and it's entirely possible he never returns to form and turns into an insanely expensive #5/6/7D
Just get rid of him altogether like they did. If it had to cost a 53rd overall pick to attach with a polarizing defenseman left at $3.4M/2 years is more than fine with me
Walman is just another 'guy'. Not an important piece, despite our weak defense situation. Other moves can be made, and likely still will be made to address that
I also don’t buy that all of a sudden we think he is a terrible hockey player (that no one would want). I won’t be surprised if he looks decent for SJ next year with more of an appropriate usage. In which case the trade will look even more dumb.