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Originally Posted by jammies
Making an Oileresque move doesn't turn the Flames into the Oilers, but I never claimed it would, I just pointed out that grabbing other teams' backups to "fix" bad goaltending is what the Oilers constantly do, and therefore, is probably not a good idea.
And yes, I would rather trade a pick and a player to get a proven goalie. We have a plethora of forwards, and goalies historically don't take as much to acquire as other positions. A middling forward like Backlund and a 2nd round pick to obtain an almost certain upgrade in the Flames' weakest position is exactly what they should be looking to do. Give quality to get quality, the reason guys on waivers are "free" is because they generally aren't very good, which seems obvious, but apparently can't be restated enough.
Crap teams try to improve thru the waiver wire. I don't believe this team is crap.
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This makes no sense. Montreal claimed Byron from us because they thought he could make them better. Is Montreal a crap team? Every team makes waiver claims if they think it can help them.