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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
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.
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Even after not being signed by the Flames you're still a huge Butler apologist to the point of ignoring what Butler himself is saying. "
This may not be the way I had free agency panning out. You look around the league and see some of the deals being thrown around, it would be nice to have one of those."
"Bandwagon haters" and "whipping boy" accusations that you constantly have thrown around for years for those that think Butler isn't a good player. Well lookie here, he a signed a two way deal for 600K. There was no market for him. He obviously isn't near as good as you've been telling us. The rest of the NHL has spoken.
If you think he held out to get a two-way league minimum contract from St. Louis you're crazy. There was no interest in this player. Another quote from Butler: "
I have no intention of playing in the American League, even though it's a two-way deal. I feel like I'm still an NHL player." Sure seems like he wanted a deal somewhere, but other teams
including St. Louis aren't so sure he is NHL caliber. Hence the two-way minimum contract he signed.
Addition by subtraction for the Flames as far as I'm concerned.