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Originally Posted by jayswin
Oh it absolutely does.
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It probably does a little, but only in the sense that it should make Calgary more willing to part with him. I have no reservations that Jusso is going to be an excellent player, but there's no way he's going to have more impact on the Flames future in the next three years than Taylor Hall will or Mark Stone would have. And that was before his injury.
Valimaki isn't playing with Gio, he's not playing 2nd pair, and he's not on the PP. In practical terms, we're talking about a 3rd pairing defenseman vs a 1st line forward. They have to make that trade.