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Old 07-17-2014, 01:43 PM   #88
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
It's obvious because it's been stated that he wanted to play at home and that he accepted a contract type that is usually reserved for career AHLers. I realize that he didn't turn down offers of $4 million a season from teams but but I have a very hard time believing that this was the best offer on the tabled. The guy isn't a Flame anymore so can some of you bandwagon haters please focus your efforts on the next whipping boy already? The played out opinion of how bad he was isn't required in this discussion.
I agree for the most part.

Adam Pardy, a reasonable comparable, is getting paid $50K/yr more to play on a significantly worse team.

I know that if I'm the St. Louis Blues I'd be thinking long and hard about Butler. Going into playoffs depth is key and having a very cheap Butler around if a situation arises where you need a Dman to step in is significantly better than calling up someone who would be over their head and wind up playing shorthanded.

Its a gamble.
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