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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
It's more about getting return on an asset that had no value left. Whether you like enforcers or truculent hockey isn't as important as improving the team slowly by winning deals. It's not a big deal, but considering what we gave up, getting Westgarth back is quite an amazing feat. I'm well aware of what he brings, but Nemisz was barely going to get you a 6th or 7th round pick at this point, and you would likely not find a guy like Westgarth in those rounds, never mind his experience level which is already better than Nemisz's.
Whether you like the return or not, it's still better than a bag of poop which is what most teams would have given for Nemisz at this point in his career. While I'm not a particular fan of loading up on goons or beefy guys, but I understand that we are seriously short of anyone who has decent size on either the NHL or AHL rosters. This is just to add some depth of guys who could play NHL hockey if called upon. I doubt Nemisz will ever see the NHL again, so this is definitely an upgrade IMO.
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You would have got nothing of value for Nemisz. If you were lucky another team might take him for "future considerations" relieving you of a contract. Or you might get another troubled prospect back similar to the Negrin/Aliu swap.
Westgarth is also worth more than Nemisz in terms of value. But who cares? The fact that we got Westgarth on sale means nothing since we are probably not going get anything for him.
If we trade McGrattan for something, or if we somehow move Westgarth for something at the deadline than great. I am wrong and we get something for nothing. But chances are we got nothing for nothing and are now carrying two 4 min / night goons on the active roster. As Walker would say "That's Stupid".