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Old 07-04-2016, 06:58 PM   #785
timbit
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Never mind what people think of Brouwer or Frolic for a second.
They cost us nothing to acquire except cap space, which IMO we got good value re contract and term .

The tier one UFA were too expensive and term was too long.

When you trade for a Toffoli type player you are going to give up significant assets to acquire the player. By significant ...yes Bennett and perhaps picks....high ones.

I feel like this is eroding into a Oilerfanish debate.

Lombardi hangs up in a Ney York second if you call and offer him all three of Jankowski, Kylinger and Andersson for Toffolii.

Yeah , I'll give you that Brouwer may be .5 mill per season too much but he fills a gaping hole and didn't cost us any of our top young assets or picks. Cost of doing business in a free market.

I'm not certain that everyone is totally clear on how unrestricted free agency works.
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