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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 14, 2020 at 7:06 p.m.
Thread: Dont Expect More Changes
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mhroblak</b></div><div>I was torn between Rooney and Blackwell. Guessing it'll just boil down to whoever has the better preseason. As for Reunanen, you're positive he failed in Hartford last year. I remember that happening to Yegor Rykov, but I had always thought he was just loaned to Finland for not reaching the NHL. I don't have super-hyped expectations for him, but to me he seemed to be the least raw LHD prospect behind Hajek.</div></div>

reunanen went to the hartford camp. he never actually got cut but it was obvious he wasn't going to be a big part of the top 6. hartford had good LD when they started the season. they started with Lindgren, Geertsen (who is an established ahler) playing top 4 mins. he would have been competing against sean day, rykov and crawley for 3rd line mins. so he decided to go back to finland. after joey keane was traded hajek was the teams best dman. that's saying a lot because the team had good players. and a few ahler regulars. don't sleep on hajek.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 14, 2020 at 6:46 p.m.
Thread: contenders
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>crodnick</b></div><div><a href="/users/gregory_papas" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@gregory_papas</a> Reunanen has been marinating in Liiga for years, and is probably the most NHL ready player. Hajek has done nothing but disappoint, Rykov looks like a bust, and Miller and Robertson are probably not ready. I'd like to see Reunanen given the chance to perform with a player like Trouba.</div></div>

corey pronman from the athletic doesn't seen him becoming a nhl player.

i myself have never watch reunanen play. but i follow the hartford wolfpack, i watch almost every game and go to a few games a season. reunanen didn't make the hartford team last season. he wasn't actually cut but it was obvious he wasn't going to get playing time over the other D in the lineup. that tells me if he isn't good enough to make the ahl team how is he going to be good enough to make the nhl. not only that but play top line mins with trouba? i hope the kid makes it but it doesn't look realistic.

for whats its worth, hajek isn't a bust yet. kids only 22. he was fine in hartford. i def see a nhl player in him. i'm not saying i want him long term but def above reunanen.