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Stefan Liv going back to Sweeden

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let him go, howard needs more starts to be ready for the wings lineup this next season or two.

i wasn't all that impressed by liv's north american transition anyway. i know he had a lot of upside

but these were often overshadowed by his tendency to let in soft goals.

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Liv was terribly mishandled by the Wings organization IMHO.

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Rather than bring him over in 2002--when he was ready--the team opted to leave him in Sweden so as not to lose his rights, and continue on their wheel of goalies until it finally stopped at Osgood and Hasek this season.

A better prospect handling timeline would have gone as follows:

2002: Hasek retires. Wings sign Joseph for three years. Liv is signed and brought to North America.

2003: Hasek un-retires. Wings fail to trade Joseph. Legace and Joseph split starts in the playoffs.

2005: Joseph is let go as a UFA. Wings sign Osgood to split with Legace. Wings make decision on MacDonald, MacIntyre, and Liv. Liv stays, Drew and Joey are waived or traded. Liv splits time in GR with Jimmy H.

2006: Legace is gone, Hasek is signed to split with Osgood.

This would have given us a better picture of what Liv would be capable of rather than cornholing his ability as 'somewhere between Jimmy Howard and Joey MacDonald' and totally screwing any trade value because of his age and lack of experience.

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