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Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood
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.
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I understand the want of keeping it classy and simply wishing Butler well but this is a thread about discussing his contract. There's been serious discussion in this thread about whether the NHLPA will approve his contract and suggestions (that it was obvious, no less) he could get over 1.7M if he wanted it. It's absurd.
Butler has come out and said he considered other alternatives, said that free agency didn't go his way and he would have liked to have a higher payday (who wouldn't?). It's obvious he was not getting a 2 million dollar contract and the NHLPA will have 0 issue with this contract because it's around his market price. He put weight on playing in St. Louis that definitely contributed to his decision, but every contract ever signed has put weight on things other than the pure contract value. The simple fact is Butler was what the "bandwagon haters" thought he was, a fringe NHL player. Now it's just obvious the GMs of the league felt the same way.
And there's no insult in calling him a fringe NHL player, it's still more than most will accomplish