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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
Instead of bashing Erixon maybe the Flames organization should take a look in the mirror and determine what makes them a less attractive organization to play for relative to other teams. Blake Wheeler did something similar in Phoenix because at the time the Coyotes organization was one of the worst run in the NHL and it was more of a circus rather than a professional club with the hockey team being a sideshow almost to Gretzky coaching.
Right now the Flames need to invest in their young make it a hospitable place for players to develop - give more opportunities to make the team and grow as players - every player that has been brought up over the past few years seems to be shoved into a third line grinder type role to start and then they are benched when they don't excel at that type of game.
Maybe Erixon just wanted to play in New York, maybe he just didn't want to play in Calgary and while the trade that was made will do the best for the Flames given their options at the time - in the long run the real winners are going to be the Rangers who have a very solid young defensive core.
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I'd say it's partly true, however, I truly believe that this had more to do with his desire to play in New York than believing Calgary sucks.
The kid is boasting all over Swedish newspapers and calling it a dream come true. I'll still place most of the blame on him and hope he never plays a game in the NHL.
I'm hoping we've gained some karma out of this incident, even though it doesn't seem to exist in the NHL.