GranteedEV I tend to disagree with most of what you post, but none more so then the topic of Joe Colborne.
Colborne is more then a big body. He's a big body who can play hockey. And he's done nothing but improve since joining the Flames. I'm unsure of just how terrible your memory is, but try to remember the Joe Colborne that was traded from Toronto. That Joe Colborne wasn't much more than a big body who could score shoot-out goals. Today's Joe Colborne can play physical, is great along the boards, has improved his footspeed while gaining mass and seems to be able to score his amazing shootout goals on break-aways now.
You don't throw away a 25 year old asset that you spent 2 NHL seasons developing. That's something Craig button would do if he was still GM.
Colborne has a higher upside than Granlund and Jooris. These players don't have the attributes of a potential 2nd liner, but Colborne certainly still does. He was playing 2nd line minutes near the end of last season so I don't know why the addition of Frolik means he's now competing for 4th line minutes..
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