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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Jones is a fit on the ice because we have no RW prospects, and he will listen to the coach. He is not a fit off the ice due to his contract.
No matter what a teams presence is in the league, if the player is not a core player he should be tradeable in case moves need to be made. Jones contract is not tradeable. If you told me 2 days ago that a team would have picked up that contract i would have said you were nuts. I think the odds of him rebounding back to even a 20-20 player are not good.
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Your being idealistic. Every team has a couple of contracts they don't like. Tanguay was barely tradeable and would have been less tradeable after next season. Either he rebounds and he is very tradeable / not over paid. Or he doesn't in which case we buy him out next summer.
Obviously he needs to rebound for this to be a win for the Flames. But I have yet to see anything legitimate from anyone why he won't rebound. His shooting percentage was less then 5% last season and he was buried in the defensive zone.
Seems silly to right him off based on his circumstances and the shortened season. He produced for the three seasons prior.
Also, make up your mind. One minute you are saying that you don't think the trade is horrible and that I shouldn't put words in your mouth. The next you are suggesting the trade is horrible.