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Originally Posted by neo45
The 10 mil spent is an oppourtunity cost. That could be spent on other things. Replacing our best scout that we lost for example, but there are a lot of possibilities with 10 million real dollars. The salary floor was all but reached when the contract was signed
He also might not be taking a young player out of the lineup this season, as no one is ready to make the jump, but he is signed for 3 years as is the rest of our D core. A young D man should be ready to step in within 3 years (I hope to god) and we have a logjam of highly paid defenseman signed long term. This adds to that log jam
And I really dont think anyone is making this into an issue. Simply that it is a huge overpayment and the benefits of the contract wont come close to outweighing the cost
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Here is the source of the problem you are having: you have made a conclusion, and now you need an argument to justify it.
If you simply step back and let go of that conclusion, you will be able to see that there is no problem. Then you can accept him for whatever he provides to the Flames (as opposed to a pre-conceived conclusion that he cannot meet a pre-determined worth)