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Originally Posted by MarkGio
I blame Burke for not forecasting the market better and for not trading Cammy earlier in the season
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When? There simply weren't that many teams who could fit his $6M cap hit under their cap until very late in the season. Because of the new CBA and the lower cap, most of the top teams were tight against the cap all season long. Even if the Flames had retained half of Cammalleri's salary, there were very few teams who could have made it work.
There was the added problem of Cammalleri going down with a concussion and missing 9 games in late January. If Burke had been preparing to move Cammalleri just prior to the Olympic break (a time when many trades took place in 2010), his injury threw that plan out of whack. Plus, we didn't see a bunch of trades prior to the break this time around.
He returned from the injury with 4 games left before the Olympic break. He had 0 points in those 4 games. They played 3 more games after the break before the trade deadline, and he had 1 point in those 3 games.
Cammalleri only had 2 points between Christmas and the trade deadline, and missed 9 games due to a concussion in that time. It's not really surprising that teams weren't lining up to throw first round picks at the Flames for his services. He had more than half his total points for the season after the deadline.