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Suave · 01-31-2010, 11:01 AM

I don’t mind this trade at all. As soon as Dion signed for $6.5 he became expendable and replaceable (if you get the cap space back). That’s the way it works now in a salary cap world. You have to at least live up to your contract, if not then you are hindering your team. And Dion this year was no way playing close to $6.5 million d-man. If Dion was still on his rookie deal, then this is a bad deal, but not now since we are already paying for his potential no harm in moving him.

Flames are better now for this year and can be better in the years to come (if they use their new cap space wisely). We finally have the scoring depth that we have all asked for and not really lost anything on the defensive side. We also now have money for this summer to improve where Sutter sees fit.

01-31-2010, 11:01 AM	#320
Suave Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	I don’t mind this trade at all. As soon as Dion signed for $6.5 he became expendable and replaceable (if you get the cap space back). That’s the way it works now in a salary cap world. You have to at least live up to your contract, if not then you are hindering your team. And Dion this year was no way playing close to $6.5 million d-man. If Dion was still on his rookie deal, then this is a bad deal, but not now since we are already paying for his potential no harm in moving him. Flames are better now for this year and can be better in the years to come (if they use their new cap space wisely). We finally have the scoring depth that we have all asked for and not really lost anything on the defensive side. We also now have money for this summer to improve where Sutter sees fit.