Waivers make it more difficult. No manager wants to lose a player for nothing. To lose a player after you've invested all this time and money in him is like cutting your nose off to spite your face.
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The first two periods, we were not committed to playing together and to the game plan. You have to be committed to play in this league. That doesn't necessarily guarantee success, but it does put you in a pretty good position for success. The probability of having success increases. But when you're not committed to each other and to a game plan, it's pretty difficult to be successful at this level.Trent Yawney
This isn't a development league. I spent five years developing players. The NHL is to perform. It's not about holding hands and skipping rope. Now, we can give our young players experience, but time to develop No. They've had their development time.
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The temptation was there after their fifth goal. But I decided against my intuition. He's got to learn to battle through it.
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It's unfair to evaluate him because everything happened all at once. Any time you're traded, there's an adjustment period. He's learning new teammates, a new city, a lot of different things. Patrick Sharp went through it. He's starting to play well now, but it took him a long time to get through the initial shock.
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Our goaltending has been average and that's maybe been generous. With Adam, even in the minors last year he played very well -- he put us in the playoffs -- but there was no in-between. He was either outstanding or awful. There was no middle ground.
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A smart decision on his part. We're talking about a professional in a field where shoulders are important.
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