Schultz is a reclamation project with a stunning AHL and WCHA career. Cowen has a far inferior pedigree.
I don't disagree much with management, but I feel like this is a move where they are thinking they are smarter than they are.
There are tons of examples of players being awful somewhere and turning it around in another environment on another team. I feel like this will come back to haunt us, having not even given him an AHL game to show he can still play.
Half a year of a rest and a strong offseason, there will be a guy looking to prove himself. Is it likely he is nothing more than a bottom pairing D in the NHL or goes to europe? Yes.
However how many times does this organization need to burn itself before it reaches for the oven mitts. Giving up on young talent never works, especially without giving them a chance.
A lot of people forget how good of a player he was when he was drafted, and even when he started his career with Ottawa.
Cowen is a former top pick. It's not as if the pedigree isn't there for him.
I don't disagree much with management, but I feel like this is a move where they are thinking they are smarter than they are.
There are tons of examples of players being awful somewhere and turning it around in another environment on another team. I feel like this will come back to haunt us, having not even given him an AHL game to show he can still play.
Half a year of a rest and a strong offseason, there will be a guy looking to prove himself. Is it likely he is nothing more than a bottom pairing D in the NHL or goes to europe? Yes.
However how many times does this organization need to burn itself before it reaches for the oven mitts. Giving up on young talent never works, especially without giving them a chance.
A lot of people forget how good of a player he was when he was drafted, and even when he started his career with Ottawa.
Smart Cowen. You don't want to mess around with this managment group.
Anyone heard from Robidas recently...??
Smart Cowen. You don't want to mess around with this managment group.
Anyone heard from Robidas recently...??
He'll get an nhl deal somewhere. Nothing long term or anything but some GM will give him a shot.
I'd like the NHLPA to file a grievance against a move like this eventually to settle it once and for all. No player should have a right to play. The player only has a right to receive his negotiated salary by being willing to show up for work. This is probably why the NHLPA doesn't want to file a grievance because they know they'll lose it.
He can't skate and can't move the puck - being injured didn't change those facts.