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Originally Posted by Firebot

One thing I don't get.

Frolik was signed to a 5 year 4.3 million dollar AAV contract just a year ago and is only 2 years younger than Brouwer.

Brouwer is bigger and is the definition of a power forward, and has been scoring at the same 40 point ratio as Frolik. He was signed to a 4 year (less term) 4.5 million AAV contract.

People liked Frolik's contract last year and it was still good now. His contract will be ending while he is 33, while Brouwer's contract will end at 34.

The magical 30 seems to be clouding people's judgement.

Because there is a very vocal minority on this board that hates players that are "truculent" or resemble anything that Brian Burke would like. You know exactly who it is who will hate a signing or a trade or an acquisition just buy looking at the type of player acquired.

Pretty much all the people who hate this acquisition are in this vocal minority. It's the same old posters who hate on Bollig and Engelland.