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Originally Posted by Red Menace
I don't see any appreciable difference between him and Nakladal or Wotherspoon.
Engelland is playing 13 minutes a game...well behind the other top 5, he is clearly the #6 despite what you might imagine.
The Flames are spending over 6 million on their 6/7 defencemen, not to mention 3.5 mill on their 4th line C, and another 3.15 on a farmhand.
As I said originally, Treliving has done more good than bad, but he has made a few mistakes.
In any case this thread is about Byron, who I am happy for and wish was still on the Flames.
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Exactly this - you're paying $2m extra to play Engelland over Wotherspoon or Nakladal. That $2m is better spent elsewhere. Flames need to stop over spending on bottom pair/4th line guys and just roll with youth.
Guys like Engelland, Bouma and Stajan are fine NHL players. But you don't need to pay a premium for them when you can use guys on the cheap contracts like Nakaldal, Jooris, Grant, etc and get 99% of their value while having $4m to spend on more important upgrades.