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MikeMc · 01-31-2010, 03:04 PM

I love how some of you think that Dion should have gotten a bigger return. Like his market value is that of a absolute number one dman.

1st off trades are incredibly hard to pull off in the "new" NHL. Very few teams can take on Dion's salary. Of those teams that can what teams have pieces that would help us? And which of those has a need for an offensive dman?

I think some Flames fans overvalue what Dion is worth on the market. Someone post about how it should have been Kessel and Kadri? Really? You think Dion is worth the two first round draft picks they paid for Kessel and a high end prospect? Cause i certainly don't. Dion isn't a Norris candidate quality dman right now, hasn't been for a while.

IMO whatever Dion does once he gets to TO is almost a moot point. He wasn't getting it done here (to the point a 7 million dollar/yr dman should) and he was an issue in the locker room ("allegedly"). The team needed a change and Dion was the obvious choice to go. We didn't have any forwards that would get us significant return (other than Iggy) and we aren't trading JBo. Also Gio has stepped up huge and that helps let someone like Dion go.

This moves gives us financial flexibility, more scoring, some speed and a player who can eat up Dion's minutes to a large degree.

Good work Sutter.

01-31-2010, 03:04 PM	#593
MikeMc Scoring Winger Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	I love how some of you think that Dion should have gotten a bigger return. Like his market value is that of a absolute number one dman. 1st off trades are incredibly hard to pull off in the "new" NHL. Very few teams can take on Dion's salary. Of those teams that can what teams have pieces that would help us? And which of those has a need for an offensive dman? I think some Flames fans overvalue what Dion is worth on the market. Someone post about how it should have been Kessel and Kadri? Really? You think Dion is worth the two first round draft picks they paid for Kessel and a high end prospect? Cause i certainly don't. Dion isn't a Norris candidate quality dman right now, hasn't been for a while. IMO whatever Dion does once he gets to TO is almost a moot point. He wasn't getting it done here (to the point a 7 million dollar/yr dman should) and he was an issue in the locker room ("allegedly"). The team needed a change and Dion was the obvious choice to go. We didn't have any forwards that would get us significant return (other than Iggy) and we aren't trading JBo. Also Gio has stepped up huge and that helps let someone like Dion go. This moves gives us financial flexibility, more scoring, some speed and a player who can eat up Dion's minutes to a large degree. Good work Sutter.