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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The only question that Horak is the long-term answer to is: Who's a warm body with a cheap contract we can move easily between Abbotsford and Calgary?
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I don't think I've made this any secret, but I see Horak as more of a long term answer then Baertschi. He's got tons of potential, more durability then Baertschi and impressing the Flames management with keeping a good attitude about his position with the Flames and doing what they ask to get better.
As for the warm body to move back and forth, he's only got one year left as that. He's an RFA after this year and I believe would lose that free waiver status after the next contract. I can't see why his next contract wouldn't be rather cheap as well and it makes him a cheap, defensively minded centre that the Flames can mould into whatever they want. I would love to keep a player like that on the team. Maybe develop a player like this for once instead of trading them and watching their career take off elsewhere and wondering why we did that again.