Brouwer is a good player and will help the team. No doubt about it. What I am concerned about, is would Flames have been better off keeping their powder dry for when they are closer to being a contender? Next two years are likely prime for Frolik, Brouwer and Giordano. Feels like the teams window isn't really there yet so will these contracts be drags when the team is ready to contend?
On the other hand, this team may be a lot closer to contention than I think. If so, next couple of years wil be great. And frankly given the absolute lack of success this franchise has had outside of 2004 in last 25 years, maybe it's about time we became playoff contenders. Everyone's trade value goes up then.
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