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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Sarich is a better dman than this guy for one year.
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Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Hell I would even give Derrick Morris another shot before this loony toons Engelland deal.
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Morris is not even close to rugged.
Sarich a bit more so, but not what the Flames were after. They wanted a guy to help make the little guys feel/play bigger and to punch some faces. I'm not sold on the 4th line NHL enforcer at all. They are never on the ice enough to make any difference. This guy will be. Whether that difference is good or bad, I am not entirely sure.
There were 6-8 NHL teams after Engelland for a reason. You may dislike the reason, and see it as useless, but that doesn't make it less valuable in the NHL, and therefore ridiculously costly as a free agent.