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Old 07-03-2014, 03:34 PM   #647
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Originally Posted by neo45 View Post
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

First of all it's not a huge contract so it's not a huge overpayment, it doesn't affect the team budget in anyway, it doesn't affect us fans in anyway in how the Flames spend their money, who cares how much they pay him I will watch the team play smash hockey and enjoy it, pretty sure the GM et al have a better understanding of what they're doing than anyone on this or any forum board.
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