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Old 01-31-2010, 04:59 PM   #738
flambers
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
It's a very shallow pool next year for free agent centers... Marleau, Saku Koivu and Jokinen being the best ones probably... and a lot of teams will be bidding on them.

And you almost ALWAYS have to over pay for free agents. Again, this is why any trade involving Phaneuf needed to bring back a young forward with top six potential.
That's assuming they sign one, they may trade for one..... Having Cap space is HUGE. There is always teams that need to shed contracts IMO

As for Phaneuf for a young forward with top 6 potential... He traded Phaneuf for 2 top 6 forwards and 1 top 4 dman.

Plus it gave the Flames cap room....
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