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Originally Posted by kehatch
The point is that the chances of getting a player with later round picks isn't insignificant, and the more of them you have the better the chance of getting a roster player. But thanks for the stats quiz!
We acquired a goon who doesn't play very good hockey. It cost us a pick and as a rebuilding team we need to be stockpiling those not throwing them away. And perhaps most importantly we blew one of our remaining contracts. Assuming they are going to save three of them for the college guys that leaves us with only 1 more contract we can use.
None of it makes any sense except that in the Flames outdated thinking they need a goon in the AHL. Clearly they are scoring too much and winning too many games so they need to even things out by putting a liability on the roster.
But to be frank, I have spent too much time posting on a minor league transaction.
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Are you sure that this is all he is, and ever will be?
I haven't seen much of him play aside from that last game against Dallas (didn't notice if he played the first game Calgary had against him, and have only watched one other Dallas game this year). However, the Dallas fans seem to feel he has more upside than just an enforcer. They feel he will be a solid 4th liner playing a regular shift. If that's the case, then this is a really, really solid trade since the chances of drafting someone like that with that pick would be tough to do.
If you feel he is nothing short of an enforcer (and also think enforcers are not worth even a 6th round pick), then so be it. It just seems like this kid has more potential than just a 3-5 minute a game guy. As PMM stated earlier, this really helps the Heat right now, and takes a lot of the burden from one of our better (in my opinion) prospects there.