^ I'm as choaked as the next guy at him but I think he's too prob too good to not make it.
Every time I watched him when he was a Flames prospect I thought he played well.
He is playing great in the AHL and will be an NHLer one day soon.
He may be a top 3-4 guy or a 5-7th guy, I don't know but I'm sure he'll make it.
The only positive out of it is I doubt his ceiling is a top pairing d-man and we may have gotten a top 4 + guy and then some in Wotherspoon and Horak and Granlund.
I think Wotherspoon is similar in his potential to Erixon so the deal is already a win in my book cause we may also get a top 9 forward or two out of it.
Toss in Erixon's entitled attitude, which is no longer the type of mentality the Flames will tolerate, its a big win.
But NYR won in that deal too by getting Nash.
CLB has a deep d core and should probably trade someone to give Erixon the shot he deserves.
I'd take him back if his attitude has changed. Maybe he learned something out of this and would want to come back to the team that initially invested in him, he would certainly get ice time. I'm sure he is better option than Butler and/or O'Brien.
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