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Originally Posted by Dion
I would have been quite happy if we had gotten a draft pick in return. One less player and salary as a cap hit. Sometimes you can find a diamond in the rough with a 6th or 7th round pick - just look at Detroits drafting history.
I like Burke's idea of this team getting bigger and tougher. It would be nice if we could return to the days of the 80's where teams feared playing in the Dome. It's going to take time patience to get us to that point and my fear is Burke is looking for quick fixes.
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You don't have to go that far. The 05/06 Flames were the team that nobody wanted to play. It wasn't (just) because we had a couple of goons on the fourth line. We had a big bad top 4 D, a number of power forwards that could actually play hockey, and a team that was willing to play harder than the other team every single night.