I think missing from the debate on role players and how important vs unimportant they are to the Flames is the fact that our problem isn't any individual player/move. It's just that we continually seem to make the wrong decisions with nearly every depth/role player move, whether it's who we let go, trade or sign.
No, you shouldn't have to worry about a role player looking good somewhere else. But the reason you shouldn't have to worry about it is because you should be creating situations where you have a nice revolving door of 3rd/4th line/depth defenseman that contribute.
We don't have that, we seem to get weaker and softer depth players every year, so seeing our old depth players do things elsewhere hurts a bit more simply because of that.
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