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Originally Posted by Robbob
I think there is.
Firstly, he was penciled in as the 5-6 guy. Sucks he will lose development time, but in terms of this up and coming season his absence shouldn't hurt that much.
Secondly, 6-8 months puts him back anywhere February to March. That would be an ideal time frame for a player to return. Pretty much the same time he returned from his high ankle sprain. If he can come back and put a solid month or two in the AHL then it would be a positive. Like they mentioned on the radio, you would rather lose a player in August than in March.
Sucks he got injured, but the season wasn't predicated on Valimaki playing the regular season in Calgary. If he can be dropped in the final weeks and playoffs the Flames are in the same position.
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It hurts long term and this year. They opportunity to move Brodie to gain a top 6 forward is gone. No way they can move brodie now. Plus now if anyone else gets hurt who is getting the call?
Then you have the what if 1 of the 4 young dmen step up? The flames.d could have been better than last year with the 4 kids they have. Valimaki has highest potential of 3 unproven dmen and when you have cap issues his 925k is hard to replace him for that amount.