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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
again, as a fan of Glencross I am glad he gets traded because the absolute BS he takes on here is getting to be too much.
This is Oiler-esque with the way certain fans are running him out of town. Absolutely disgusting treatment for a guy who spends his summers in town and bleeds Albertan.
Curtis, I hope you hit a home run in the offseason. Good luck and you deserve better than you are getting on here.
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It is sometimes difficult for people to separate the player and the person.
Personally, I like Curtis Glencross the person. Similarly, I like and liked Craig Conroy the person back when he was playing.
However, the Flames currently have about 20 forwards that could play in the NHL legitimately right now. It is a numbers game. Glencross being a veteran on an expiring contract is one of the first players that would and should get cut in lieu of a younger player that could replace his production in the lineup (Granlund/Sven/Poirier/Bennett). Similarly back towards the end of Conroy's career a lot of people, myself included, did not want Conroy back for his last season because most of us felt we needed room for younger players. That did not negate anyone's feelings towards Conroy the person though, which we all saw the outpouring of celebration of his career as a Flame once he did hang them up, as well as the support we have for him in his role in management.
Unfortunately, Glencross is caught in a numbers game that marks him as the odd man out moving forward. Players like Mason Raymond, Brandon Bollig, David Jones, Matt Stajan and others could also find themselves in that type of position in the coming seasons as their contracts come closer to expiring. Glencross' had the misfortune of being the first one up on the docket to deal with.
I know I will be wishing him nothing but the best moving forward, but unfortunately his time as a Flame appears to be coming to an end.