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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Dislike these kinds of signings where you overpay for intangibles like size and leadership.
The stats don't lie, he's a mediocre player making good player money. Ridiculous to give a player at this stage in his career a four year deal.
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I agree, and he'll likely not be as effective in year 3/4.
However the Flames needed to do something. You couldn't go into the year with Frolik and Chiasson as your only RW.
Ideally it would have been a 3 X 4 contract, but UFA premiums. At least both he and Frolik end at the same time, which will be important as by then the Flames should have some internal options pushing for spots.