Pacioretty is underrated.
A down year on a terrible team where he clearly just wants out shouldn't negate how crazy good he is at scoring goals. Even after a down year he's still in the top 10 for most goals scored since 2013-2014. The guy was a consistent 35 goal scorer.
If the Flames could get him for 6M a year, while removing Brouwer, for a 1st? They're jumping on that without second thought. Of course Pacioretty isn't going to be signing a 6x6 contract to be traded here when he could get an 7x8 as a UFA with any type of bounce-back season.
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