Tnuoc Alucard
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Oduya has actually been pretty good these past 4ish games.
I'm fine if we want to continue showcasing him for the deadline. If his recent improved play turns into a draft pick a few rounds higher than we would have got otherwise, that's a win in my books.
And I believe, what you've outlined, is exactly what the plan was all along when they signed him last summer.
I'm sure they felt they had some prospects, including Harpur and Claesson, that would compete for ice time at the NHL level... and Oduya was just an insurance policy, just in case none of the prospects "won a job", and then trade him on TDD.
Turns out that Dorion made a pretty good insurance signing, as we've seen a number of regular D men out of the line up for extended periods of time, and Harpur and Claesson never really broke into the line up.
I know it's popular in this forum for "fans" to hate Oduya with a passion, but for what he is, and what he's done this season, he pretty much filled the need that Dorion felt when he signed him.