A lot of handwringing over Paul Byron. The team will be better with a guy like Reinhart in the lineup in that slot. You could even throw Knight or Hanowski in the mix. The Flames need to get bigger and Paul Byron just had to go to make that happen. If Burke thought Gaudreau was tiny, what did he think of Byron at an inch shorter and 10 pounds lighter? Byron was a good story, but he was a guy living on borrowed time when you look at the number of small players in the system and the philosophy of the team. Flames will be better because of this move. Maybe not immediately, but they will be better as the youngster who takes that spot finds his NHL legs.
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