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Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
A few thoughts:
I was impressed with Stone and wouldn't mind if the Flames overpay to keep him. He really stabilized that second pair and allowed Brodie to play his game. People thought we overpaid Sarich but he ended up being a fantastic player for this team.
For the third pair I think you rotate in the kids and see what they can do in limited ice time. It's time for one or two of them to grab a roster spot. Any chance that Kostka plays on our third pairing? If not why bother trading for him (in the Lazar deal)?
Regarding Kris Russel, I think he wants to play in Alberta, so Edmonton and Calgary should have a slight market advantage with him. He was a very polarizing player in Edmonton this year, just like he was in Calgary. But you know he is going to battle his can off every night, even if he is doing so to cover up his own mistakes. If Edmonton walks away from him then I would have no problem with the Flames offering him a short term deal (say 2 years at $3 million per). But no longer or higher than that.
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Sarich was a fantastic player? I thought he was overpaid his whole contract. At his prime we were loaded with some combination of Jbow, Reghre, Phaneuf or Giordano so he almost always played on the third pair. He was slow and injured all the time. The Flames were always up against the cap while he was here. And towards the end of his career that kind of one-dimensional defenseman became obsolete. Shut down guys need to skate and at least stretch pass or wrister it on net. Sarich could only really body check.