Hands down a win for Calgary. You can debate until your blue in the face about the talent disparity between all players but the context once again has been lost. The context that makes this trade a massive win for Calgary is still the amount of time and frankly money saving the trade turned out to be. 2 RFA's in great value contracts until the core is done their contract run.
As far as I am concerned, the loss in point production between Dougie and Noah is made up from a more stable and willing defensive presence.
Oh and it really does seem to get lost no matter who says it and that's that Noah is only 22. Flames have right now a top 4 for the next build cycle. A very very nice foundation to build on long term.
But let's argue more about dougies greatness. Which is a moot point regarding the Flames concerns.
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