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Originally Posted by StrykerSteve
That's fine, wouldn't hurt my feelings. But as usual, we're overvaluing other teams' players and undervaluing our own.
The value of Glencross really can't be ignored, when you see the kinds of numbers being thrown around for UFA guys like Tyler Bozak (6'1, 195).
12G, 16A, 28P in 46 games last season, and was a -1 on a good Leafs team.
Now let's look at Glencross, who also happens to be 6'1, 195.
15G, 11A, 26P in 40 games and a -8 on a bad Flames team.
Bozak is asking for 8 years at 5M per. Whether he gets it or not remains to be seen, but it's likely he'll come close. He'll be 35 when that contract expires.
Glencross makes 2.5M per year and will continue to do so until the 2015-2016 season, when he will be 33 years old. He is undoubtedly the league's best value contract. This sort of bang for your buck is invaluable to a team like the Bruins fighting against the cap each and every day, and he would slide in nicely on the left side with Lucic and Marchand.
The deal would give the Bruins an additional $3.25M of cap relief.
Then factor in Gaudreau, one of this organization's top prospects, a guy almost every team in the league would like in their cupboard, and then double his value to Boston because he's some kind of local hero there... and the value really isn't so far-fetched, IMO.
The 3rd round pick is the cherry on top, and I might make it a 2nd rounder if Boston pushed for it.
That's how I see it anyway, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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I think you are WAY over valuing Gaudreau, he isn't even a top 50 prospect in the NHL do to him being tiny 5'6 and light 150 lbs. Name another NHLer that small? All the small guys have massive lower bodies, Gaudreau still looks like a twelve year old.
Bozak vs Glencross, Bozak wins 55% of his face-offs and plays a much more difficult position C rather then wing. Those 2 reasons alone are the reasons why Bozak is a better player. Sorry centers are way more valuable then winger, you as a flames fan should understand that.