Soundwave
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- Mar 1, 2007
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Don't use Covid to entirely absolve Holland of any responsibility here for the AA situation. He spent the two 2nd round picks and traded for AA pre-Covid. AA sucked Pre-Covid. Also sucked Post-Covid. Sure, AA gets another shot at proving himself if the Covid flat cap didn't happen, but it still required AA to prove himself and from what I've seen of the player, he sucks, no IQ, overhandles the puck, his speed and skill seemed very overrated as we saw nearly none of it in his time here.
Dude scored 30 goals the year before and is only 26 years old, we got him without giving up a 1st or a roster player.
People seriously overrated the f*** out of 2nd round picks.
The odds of a 2nd round pick even scoring 20 goals, let alone 30 goals, in an NHL season is maybe 2%.
The Habs just gave up Max Domi for a player with similar production to AA. The Pens gave up a mid-1st for Kapanen.