Kind of surprised actually.. probably shouldn't be
Who would you give up on the roster before him? Pirri or Lindberg?
I'm not saying we're claiming him.
But, we're claiming him.
Having good shot attempt metrics is one thing, but you need to be able to bring offense, and Hrivik just hasn't shown that he can do that. And that shouldn't really be a surprise. He hasn't really dominated offensively at any level, ever. It's that reason why I believe he'll go unclaimed.
For his sake, I hope he is claimed, because he's probably the 15th or 16th forward on the depth-chart here now.
I thought he played fairly well in his role so I hope we can keep him. He is thought of a possession guy with us but he actually has some decent hands. He just does not seem to find space to show them off at the NHL level.
Maybe you saw those hands watching the pack but I saw little indication of that while he was here, plus I don't think he has the greatest offensive IQ to use them if he did. Imo he's a decent 4th liner and nothing more, most teams can do better; doubt he gets claimed.
Sometimes I really hate this team
What would you have done instead?