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Originally Posted by Flame On
I don't know how Kipper is taking any flak about this.
The Flames mismanage the situation; as they seem to do for every situation, and wait until the last munute where they wake up and go "oh we better do something about this asset" only he's just had a kid and wishes to support his family by staying.
The Flames could have sorted this out at any point before.
Their monumental mismanagement from asset management, to scouting, to prospect development is what's at fault.
Basically Kipper has offered to free up what, like7 million in cap space if the team decides to go forward with a trade of him.
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Not sure how management gets blamed for this one?
This was the only year that they could have traded him without having to ask him to waive. It's not like Kipper got his wife pregnant a week ago and they had a kid. He had 9 months to plan for this. If he was not going to accept a trade now, he more than likely would not have accepted a trade at any point of the season.
Was flames management suppose to ask Kipper during the summer what his plans for the future are, when he has 2 years left on his deal?