Quoting: palhal
It's a lot to give up for an exchange of 7th Dmen. Gee, I wouldn't worry about Giordano holding up. He played 19 minutes a game last season, something that Lauzon isn't trusted to do.
I've been pretty consistent in saying it's a lot (too much, IMHO) to give up, but explained why NSH wouldn't consider it otherwise.
Again, it's not an exchange of 7th dmen. TOR is getting a better, cheaper healthy scratch (I know Timmins isn't healthy right now, but I digress) than the one they're giving up and they're adding a respectable 3rd pairing player, with three years of max retention (plus more with the ARI trade, but I don't see them doing that for just a 3rd).
You've never heard of a 40 year old athlete regressing? The odds of Giordano not doing so aren't in his favour. Of course one game isn't a useful sample size, but Gio only logged 15:50 in a game that went all the way to a shootout last night. What if he's already no longer a player that can handle almost 19 min a game?
Anyway, it's late and I'm tired. Were you ever going to explain your original argument that Lauzon is somehow less valuable because his team didn't make the playoffs last season, or are we done here?