Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
You're more comfortable overpaying FAR worse UFA players to be maybe half as effective?
Frolik has been at or around the 40 point pace just about his entire Flames career. Players like this don't grow on trees. Dube and Mangiapane may be ready for more responsibility, but it doesn't mean they're capable of playing the role Frolik has yet....there's a huge gap between these players and the Flames will feel this loss if they don't replace him with a similar, cheaper player.
|
So, what do you see as the solution, here? The Flames are in a situation where they need to shed salary before the start of the season. Their options for doing so are limited to either trading high-salary players for picks or prospects, or buying out players on expensive contracts.
Ideally, the Flames would trade Stone and Neal and that would be the end of it. But the practical reality is that these players are currently not appealing to anyone to accept in a trade. This means moving salary attached to a player with some value—hence 2020. pending UFAs TJ Brodie and Michael Frolik.
If there is a better option here I am all ears. What do you think the Flames should do?