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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
I knew this was a good signing and my initial "a little too high" was off when all my non-Flame fan friends who are usually the first to talk trash were complimenting the Flames on the signing. Literally no one said a single a bad thing about the signing and then visited some other forums and most comments were also positive. The first few pages in this thread made it seem like we just signed Yakupov to that contract.
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For such a price you expect a player who makes guys around him better, or drives the play for his line. Brouwer is not that player. Frolik and Backlund are that kind of player. We paid a premium because of his size, reputation for being hard-nosed and because he had a good playoffs. It may not be a horrible signing, and he may yet be very useful for us, but in my opinion it sets a bad precedent. Still, looking around the league right now it could have been much worse... so, so much worse.