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Originally Posted by Cheerio
Look at his advanced numbers. He drives possession better than almost anyone on the Flames, he was a positive possession player this year (according to stats.hockeyanalysis) playing for Arizona Dallas and Calgary this year, with most of his time being spent on a poor possession team. With the growing trend of possession numbers and analytics in NHL front offices, a guy that outperforms his team is going to get paid.
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Look at the contract Russell earned from the Flames after an entire season of hockey.
You think Schlemko deserves a contract for more than twice the value? Does that really make sense?
He's a 1 year, $1 million player.