WAACH wasn't particularly keen on the Lapierre acquisition, and although he's entitled to his opinion and whatnot, and I'm sure he agrees with me that Smithers, BC, is a wonderful magical place filled with wonderful people who have wonderful judgment, I thought I'd offer a different perspective on what Lappy brings to the plate. Why I like Lapierre -Played all 19 playoff games for the Eastern Conference finalist Habs -averaged 12:20 min per game in playoffs -excluding Tom Pyatt (only took 7 faceoffs), he was their best faceoff man in the playoffs at 55.4% -scored 3 goals in the playoffs (which is pretty good for a 4th liner… that’s a regular season pace of 13 goals, and let’s remember that scoring is harder in playoffs when you only play good teams) -Scored this pretty sweet goal at a very important juncture in a game against the defending stanley cup champions, which ended up being the game winning goal in game six, staving off elimination (they would go on to win game seven if your recall) So fuck yeah, this guy completely deserves a chance. I’m completely open-minded to see what he can contribute.