Tre definitely owns the Brouwer signing but I understand why it was made. Brouwer had a fairly beastly playoff last year and filled a huge hole on the team at the time as a right shot with size. Personally I saw him as the top line RW all summer but he has failed to do much. Every now and then we see a big hit, but not much else.
He was the player on the market that made a lot of sense. The Flames were able to get him under 5 years and under $5M per. He has played on a lot of strong teams including the cup winning Hawks of 2010. He wanted to come here and plans to live in the community moving forward helps as well.
I think some here would rather have given more money and term for Okposo and that is fair. Not sure he would have come here though
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