kingslunk
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- Oct 25, 2014
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Really, really don't see the point of this. Oduya is just a progress stopper. And this team is simply not ready to challenge. If they traded for a genuine top pairing guy, then you could say they are ready, but a bottom 4 guy like Oduya doesn't particularly improve us, while only serving to stop the progress of one of our young dmen. Nill had the chance to get FA dmen in previous years, but continually held off from what I could tell because he knew that what we really needed was a top pairing guy and because he knew we had heaps of talented, close to NHL ready dmen waiting for a chance to prove themselves.
This pickup makes zero sense to me.
You need veteran leadership in the locker room. Oduya brings SC experience. They got rid of Daley to bring in Sharp. They need to replace that veteran presence in the locker room. They basically Swapped Daley for Oduya. However Oduya (like Sharp) have that winning experience which could benefit us.
Of course if we could have got a top pairing D man we would have. But circumstances didn't play out.
Also agree about competing for roster spots.