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Originally Posted by BrownDrake
We have lots of prospects in the system that look good, chances are one of them is a player in 2 to 3 years. You have a better goaltender, in Johnson, who can be had on a shorter term deal for reasonable dollars. Elliots chance for a lucrative long term deal have evaporated with Calgary, he may get one from some other team this summer saying his numbers in Calgary were a result of a bad team...
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If Elliott's performance in the second half is a mirror of his play in the first 42, then I absolutely agree. But I am not confident that he will not look much better down the stretch, and there is still an outside chance that he works his way back into a contract conversation with the Flames. There is still plenty of hockey to be played.
(As an aside, I cannot see how Elliott could possibly marshal a convincing argument to another team that his poor numbers were the result of being on a bad team—especially relative to how much better Johnson has performed and factoring into consideration the Flames' mid-level ranking in goals scored, goals allowed, and possession.)