He's a smart player. The playoffs last year didn't have the energy they normally do, as evidenced by an average at best Montreal team making it to the finals. Fool's gold that caught the eye of the Flames. If you're projecting that Toffoli moves the needle next year, time will tell, but my eyes tell me his contract is not value positive in today's NHL.
I understood the deal at the time, and if the Flames were going for it, he was a player with a past pedigree. At the time I would have preferred keeping the pick and the prospect, and still feel that way, but the GM owed it to the team to bring in additional weapons. Didn't work, but the effort is understandable.
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