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Originally Posted by TOfan
Completely different profile of player. Pretty disingenuous comparison in order to take a shot at the organization.
Ghost has more term and dollars on his deal. also worth acknowledging he couldn’t stay in the lineup in Philadelphia. But I suppose they are idiots over there as well. I’ll also go out on a limb and say Sutter had some input on how to shape the blueline and I would be a bit surprised if Ghost was on that list. How does his contract work with the other acquisitions? You’re apples to apples comparison is pretty flimsy.
Further, had the Flames gone out and acquired Ghost, where does that leave Kylington? Seems that is the far more apt comparison as it relates to the type of players they are.
Lastly, did the Flames have the cap space to absorb Ghost’s contract? The Flames and the Coyotes were in very different positions cap wise. If you think the Glames were just going to absorb full
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Gostisbehere was traded to Arizona on July 22nd. The Flames acquired Zadarov on July 28th and then didn’t sign him for a while - so yes the Flames had the space to take on Gostisbehere.
If the goal of the GM is to build a good team, which is usually done by acquiring good players (not bad ones), then the Flames would have been better off trading a 3rd for Gostisbehere - but they wouldn’t have even needed to as they could have taken advantage of Philly in the same way Arizona did and gotten paid a 2nd and 7th to take on Gostisbehere.
If anyone is arguing that the Flames should have paid a 3rd for Zadarov and then signed him for $3.75M at this stage I’m not really certain what to say. He’s a bad player and generally has been for some time. The point about impacting Kylington doesn’t track. You play the best 6 players. Kylington was one of the best 6 players, and he knocked Valimaki into the AHL - adding Gostisbehere wouldn’t have all of a sudden made the Flames suppress Kylington.
Hanifin - Andersson
Gostisbehere - Tanev
Kylington - Gudbranson
Or
Hanifin - Andersson
Kylington - Tanev
Gostisbehere - Gudbranson
+ 2nd rounder + 3rd rounder + 7th rounder
Is significantly better than:
Hanifin - Andersson
Kylington - Tanev
Zadarov - Gudbranson