No. I really wanted it to work out with him, and for the first little while it looked like it was, but I went with option three, too many young guys are proving they deserve the time over him.
If all it was about was overpaying a 4th line guy, I'd be ok with that, cause I don't see us being a cap team next year anyway. But I think the minutes could be more wisely spent on someone else.
EDIT: Though maybe it would be good to have an extra veteran in case some of the young guys take a step back or simply aren't ready. As has become gospel in the current NHL age, you can never ruin a guy by giving him too much time to develop, but you can ruin him by bringing him up too early or too often.
I guess I'm option three, but I'm ok either way. The Flames staff probably know the situation better than I. But for me the answer to the question definitely revolves around the progress of the young guys, and is a lot less about T.J.
Sorry T.J.
