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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
OK and? Are you saying that teams shouldn't have any older players?
Let's go down that list, by the way, and assess just how good those acquisitions were.
Raymond -- decent first year, injured, never looked the same. It was still a reasonable signing at the time
Bollig -- yeah, no
Hiller -- great first year, putrid second year. Again, another reasonable contract
Elliott -- fine regular season, awful playoff. Another reasonable trade.
Versteeg -- great first year, injury-plagued second year. Cheap both years, great signing.
Backstrom -- who cares? He played four games here and was purely acquired to equate salary in the Jones deal.
Brouwer -- iffy. He's an okay penalty killer but otherwise, yeah, probably overpaid by $2.5-3 million.
I don't see why paying money for players is a bad thing. Do you want the Flames to be like Florida or Carolina? And objectively speaking, Versteeg, Hiller, Elliott, and maybe even Raymond were good acquisitions. You're not even including Frolik or Stone or Hamonic or Smith or Shore, more objectively good players who Treliving has acquired.
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Quick response on just point one - when they couldn’t retain team leading scorer Cammalleri BT noted that Raymond was a good fit as a NHL winger was needed in that role.
Elliott - gamble on a backup
Versteeg - the guy is a 3rd line player
These were a lot of replaceable filler, good for treading water at best .