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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Booby Mac basically spelling out that Russell overplayed his hand in free agency by asking for too much and that now he'll have to take a risky 1 year deal if he wants to play somewhere.
Jesus, who was advising this guy? Weren't he and Glencross friends? You'd think Curtis would be advising him that a bird in a hand is worth two in the bush. I bet Curtis is wishing he'd signed that extension Treliving offered before dealing him.
If the Flames were anywhere close to a 5 million per year deal for Russell and he didn't take it, he should fire his agent.
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The Glencross thing is probably what caused the whole mess to begin with.
Glencross made some pretty big statements that he regretted taking a home town discount with the Flames on his last contract.
If anything that probably caused Russell to try and get a bigger contract this time around and not sign with the Flames for a "discount".
Think the mistake they made was thinking that Russell's market value was closer to that of Glencross when he re-signed with the Flames with a discount vs. the value Glencross had when he was forced to retire.