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Originally Posted by thymebalm
What is this depth you speak of?
You've got Gaudreau, Raymond, Glencross, and Bollig. I've seen some of our younger players show they are bette than Bollig, but that's it so far. We have kids pushing for spots, but let them push. You give up Glencross then it's a Oilers situation which the prospects don't need to earn their ice-time from established veterans. It weakens roster competition and unless he's replaced by Ferland shrinks an already small team.
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If you checked my post history, I'd say 80% of my Glencross related posts are ragging on him, but he's valuable. There is a dimension to his game we won't find so easy to replace as others think.
With Jones, don't expect him to move until next season, partially for contract reasons and partially for roster competition.
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Is there anyone in the world who would rather have Raymond (3.1M for the next 2 years) on their team instead of Glencross?
Do you think that Hartley is going to tap Raymond and send him out against the other teams big players in the 3rd period of a 1-goal flames lead?
Because of Gaudreau and Hudler on the Flames roster chances are that Glencross also get put on ahead of Raymond late in the 3rd with the Flames trailing by 1.