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Originally Posted by formulate
I would maybe take a look at the numbers. The only year Jones has more points than Tanguay is this year, and he has played 25 more games to manage 5 extra points. That's just comparing year to year. If you match up their seasons at the same age (Tanguay being 5 years older):
26yrs: Jones (2010-11); 27-18-45 in 70 games. Tanguay (05-06); 29-49-78 in 71 games.
27yrs: Jones (2011-12); 20-17-37 in 72 games. Tanguay (06-07); 22-59-81 in 81 games.
And those are Jones' two best years.
Jones does bring size and relative youth to the team, but is most certainly worth less in terms of trade value.
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Yes but it's not that simple. Jones has more value to the flames because:
-he plays his role (third line) better than tanguay plays his (2nd line)
-he's a good team guy.
-he brings a strong work ethic and positive attitude to a team that is trying to build a hard working identity though a very painful rebuild.
-he's younger so will still be very serviceable towards the end of the rebuild period
The only issue with Jones is his expensive contract. But the flames dont have cap problems and won't have them for the foreseeable future, and aren't looking to trade him. So the fact that he has an expensive contract is kind of an irrelevant argument.