The thing with Russell as a Flames player is that we are a small team, 9lbs lighter on average than the Stars, and he didn't fit in as well with us as he can with a bigger team. We got a good return for him and got bigger for the future. On opening day we were the 29th ranked team for weight and it is a problem. We already have 3 or 4 puck moving defencemen and we need some muscle to balance it out and clear the front of the net. The bottom line is Russell is a better fit with the Stars, not that he isn't a good player.
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