Do I hate the move? No. As someone else mentioned, this is the 9th dman spot. He won’t play. I’m assuming Laurila is a little dinged up and we know Zmolek is an injury concern. It’s purely insurance for a catastrophe. I like it.
The point to my response was that the hockey landscape has changed dramatically since ladue and poolman came in. And they used the NA as more of a development path (playing HS, then NA, then USHL). This new add isn’t that. But, he captained the team and is really old. Glue guy.