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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Grabner has shown that (and better) before, I don't know that he learned anything new this year, he just has up and down years.
The problem with a "burner" like Byron, and why it was ok losing him, is that he really didn't show he belonged in the NHL full time and he only really had until the end of training camp to do it. He caught on with Montreal later on down the season, but the struggles the same way a lot of burners do: bad puck handling.
There's not many guys who can play and think at that speed at the same time. Byron definitely wasn't that when we lost him. Annoying if anything that he showed at least some ability to do that afterwards.
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I disagree. Byron during the 14-15 season probably had more breakaways than any other forward in the league. Even though he couldn't finish on them, he still kept other teams from taking risks on their power play, otherwise they risk Byron burning them. He always belonged in the NHL.
The Flames also didn't exactly have a good forward depth to line up with Byron. He was playing with Stajan, Jooris, Bouma, Bollig or Colborne. Byron is a good player when there's defenseman to feed him crisp, stretch passes so he can use his skills. Byron is not a cycle and crash-n-bang player.