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Originally Posted by FAN
I went back and dug up my comments in the Cervenka signing thread here is what I wrote:
Teams pencil in players all the time, but it's a gamble that can be disastrous if you pencil in a guy to play a significant role. This is what happened here. The results were disasastrous. This is no different from gambling on Butler being able to play a top 4 role. For a team looking at competing for the playoffs and where the margin is slim, you can't just look at salary and call it a low risk high reward move when you are relying on the player to play a significant role. I think that like most of us here, I think Feaster pencilled in Cervenka to be the team's 2nd line center but it turns out Cervenka isn't a centerman. That's a huge mistake and likely cost the team a lot of wins.
So ya this Cervenka signing was a complete waste of time. His production could have easily been replaced and the team could have used the roster spot to develop a young player who wouldn't scamper back to Europe after one season or become a UFA the next season. Cervenka clearly doesn't have the interest or the heart to carve out an NHL player so good riddance.
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Do you really think that Cervenka cost the Flames a lot of wins. Putting that into context, that is the equivalent of stating that the difference between the Flames being in playoff contention and the Flames ending as they did was Roman Cervenka... if he cost the team even four wins, they end up with 50 points - and that includes the tank at the end of the year, which they likely wouldn't do because they would still be in the hunt.
To say that Cervenka was a good player would be wrong, to say that he is responsible for the Flames losing games is laughable.