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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Praise? He gets almost no praise here. He gets crapped on in almost every thread, regardless of the topic.
He definitely earned his money last year. He had 54 points! He was 4th in the entire league for scoring, and he logged a ton of minutes, especially after Gio went down. His salary isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Top defensemen in this league make more than 10 Million a year.
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I appreciate your defense of the guy and I agree he played well much of last year. But let's not confuse him with a top defenseman in the league. And for a guy who should be a PP specialist theFlames have never had a great PP with him.
Regardless of who signed them, there are not many good UFA signings on this team. Hudler is the exception. I suspect other teams look this way too, so really points to how important it it to build from within.