VanJack
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- Jul 11, 2014
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Totally agree with this......playing Chatfield over guys like Rafferty and Bowey made little sense to me. Chatfield is now an RFA and it's less than 50/50 that they re-sign him.Even if he was primarily acquired for expansion draft purposes, there is simply no way a player who was basically an NHL regular one year ago is that much more incompetente than someone like Jalen Chatfield not to throw him in for a game or two...
Meantime, the Canucks are likely stuck with Bowey's contract for another year; and Rafferty was way better than Chatfield in Utica last season. So why not see what they have in garbage time games that mean nothing?
I have no idea if Rafferty's season in the AHL last season was a aberration, but he hasn't played enough games before his 25th birthday, so he's a UFA this off-season and doubtful now that he's back either.