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Originally Posted by DJones
Am I the only one that has missed Russell the last two games?
Looking back a few posts, I'd just like to say that I think we have our top 3 at a bargain. Sure Chicago's looks great from a cap perspective but Keiths contract is impossible to duplicate and I would take Gio's over Seabrooks any day of the week.
Nashville has the best contracts. Josi and Ellis are absolute steals at their cap hit. But other than them I like ours. In 4 years it will look even better even with Gio dropping to #3
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If you missed him it's because Smid is/was getting more ice time and he's not very good and Nakladal is a raw rookie playing in his first few games. Outside of that I'm not missing him all that much. Russell isn't as bad as Smid or a raw rookie but the issue at hand is how much term and money do you want to sink into a guy that is just better than Smid or a raw rookie? He's looking for Brodie money and that's just a bad idea for the Flames to consider.
Also a few mistakes aside Nakladal hasn't looked all that bad and I like his size and physical game over Russell's no contact, using his body as a meat shield approach in his own end.