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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He never wanted to be a Calgary Flame and just used Feaster's offers to get more money out of NY where he was going to go all along. I can guarantee that if he was bought out and UFA he would still not come to Calgary. He wants to stay out East and I don't believe the Flames current situation would be desirable for a player of his age that probably wants a chance to win a cup before he retires.
I don't understand why so many fans are pining for the services of a player that doesn't want to play for the organization. We make fun of Oilers fans but some of you have to accept the optics of this team and that it's just not a desirable place to be at the moment.
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Don't get me wrong, I do not like Brad Richards and I don't want him on the Flames. I dislike him almost as much as Burrows. What I do want is the Flames to acquire undervalued assets, like getting Smid as it'll allow them to get through the rebuild at a faster pace, with more of a chance of it not being like Edmonton or the Islanders.
We have seen several bargain bin trades, with the acquisitions of Galiardi, Russell, Colborne, and Knight in addition to Smid. I'm sure that in each case you could get a lot more for them than what we paid (except Galiardi who you could get a 4th for).
Getting Richards falls in line with bargain hunting. Moving Cammalleri and acquiring Richards will net us basically equivalent players while adding a 1st + and maybe more for taking Richards off their hands. That to me seems like a decent low risk decent reward type move that might help us down the road.
If they don't go that route, that's perfectly fine by me as I won't have to acknowledge that he was ever a part of this organization (Bertuzzi), but it might be an opportunity to gain an asset for pennies on the dollar that could be useful in the process of turning this team into a contender in a few years.