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Originally Posted by jlh2640
Ok I'll say it. You all are being very hard on a player I would gladly take back as a bottom pairing dman. In fact we might've seen him here if Johnny would've been signed already.
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I like Russell. He's obviously a good guy and good in the locker room. I just don't think his style of play fits with the style of play this team needs to play to be successful and I really want this team to break it's habit of tying up depth players for too much money and term. For one or two years less than $2 million where he can be in your bottom pairing I would have been fine but this team is up against the cap and simply can't be paying depth (he is a depth player at best on a good team) guys like Russell $3 million or more.