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Originally Posted by Gizmo

I'll grant you that his pk skills would be an asset, but that argument isn't nearly enough since he wouldn't be putting up offensive numbers like last year if he was still a flame.

Which isn't the base line expectation.

He would very likely be expected to put up better offensive numbers than we will expect from Garnet Hathaway, Troy Brouwer, Freddie Hamilton, Curtis Lazar, Luke Gazdic, Tanner Glass, and Matt Stajan*(goals, maybe a ceiling on ES points). While being a better penalty killer than Matt Stajan, Troy Brouwer, Luke Gazdic, Tanner Glass at the very least.

The question is not if he could repeat what he did in Vancouver, it's if he can outdo what we realistically expect from those above options. The only guy with a real chance at outperforming Granlund is Lazar, and that's more of a faint hope than a real likelyhood.

Originally Posted by dino7c

Today's roster is irrelevant, he wouldn't still be here

Not with respect to the following claims:

Originally Posted by mrdonkey

He'd be on waivers just the same as Shinkaruk.

He put up some meh numbers on a pathetic team with minutes way above what he'd get here. I don't miss Granlund at all, and you can bet the second the Canucks pull themselves out of the toilet he won't have a place with them either.

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Shinkaruk hasn't been able to take the next step to this point. So be it.

That does not make Granlund any better of a hockey player. There is no spot on the Flames roster for Granlund, so who cares?

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

Hypothetically swap he and Shinkaruk right now (before this morning) and where do you slot Granlund in?

Wing of the 4th line? It makes us smaller and softer.

He's playing a bigger role on a very weak team that he wouldn't be afforded here.

No thanks.

Originally Posted by Textcritic

that does not mean that Calgary currently would be in a better situation with Granlund in their system than they are today.

The above claims are simply false.