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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
And it was an extremely short sighted decision. First of all, Brian Elliott had one season left on his contract. Secondly, the Flames were rebuilding to an extent, so giving up the 35th pick in a deep draft for 1 year of Elliott is straight foolishness. Thirdly, Brian Elliott sucks. His catching glove has a giant hole in it and the only reason why he was any good was because of the Blue’s stifling defensive play. Very poor pro scouting from his team. It honestly would’ve been more prudent to bring back an injured Karri Ramo to compete with Chad Johnson. I actually think I hate the Elliott trade almost as much as I do the Hamonic trade.
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FWIW, the Flame's advance analytics on Elliot were quite good.