Thread: [Trade] Flames acquire Roman Horak and 2x 2011 2nd rd picks for Tim Erixon and 5th rd pick
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Old 06-03-2011, 01:44 PM   #809
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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard View Post
Out of your list three of the seven had to go to different organizations to get their break though. Commodore (Carolina), Montador (Florida) and Aulie (Toronto) and Wilson (Colorado) all were unable to make the jump to the NHL and become regular players until after they left Calgary. Calgary could have just had amazing depth on the blueline but I think at the same time there was always someone being brought in from outside the organization resulting in no room for anyone to make the jump. Hell in 2006 they bring in Marshment and Hulse for some sort of bizarre retirement tour.
Right, so there was no ice time for them on the Flames so they traded them to a team they would get ice time with. That would be a good thing for the player, no? How does that make the organization look bad?
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