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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
One of the Pierre's said the flames were overvaluing their veteran defenders.
At this point I have to assume that was in reference to the trade market and explains why many, many other defenders have been moved over the last two weeks and why Calgary hadn't made a transaction...
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That was Pierre McGuire, who is easily the least of the Pierre's
[sic.]. I tend to think that he has about the same amount of actual insider information as the attentive fan.
But more to the point, he was not positing that the Flames were pricing themselves out of the trade market by over-asking for their defensemen, rather he was arguing that they were too reticent to let go of their veteran defensemen in favour of several young prospects who look ready to make an impact as early as next year. It was his way of saying that the Flames were overly cautious about inserting rookies into their blue line, which is par for the course as far as McGuire's market insight.