[Machiavelli]

Not sure he can be salvaged. I can forgive a lot of things when it comes to execution of the game, but as mrdonkey mentioned, the dude was coasting out there for the majority of the season. Treliving and co. put a lot of faith him and he was such a let down. The dude I watched before he joined this team (particularly in Chicago) was a chippy SOB that played hard. He was often in scrums and chirping from the bench and crashing the net...actually had some passion in his game. The Flames version was a neutered one that I don't care too watch.

Wearing a letter, you're supposed to be a representative of the team, a leader, an example. Brouwer was incredibly subpar in those aspects and I badly wanted the Flames to be able to part ways with him.

However, it looks like he'll be here and I've accepted it. He absolutely has to lose that "A," though. Give it to Stajan