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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The Rooney thing is puzzling.
I am not going to lie, I had never even heard of the guy until the Flames signed him. Rooney mentioned that the Flames tried to sign him a couple of years ago as well, but he chose New York. The Flames obviously see something in him.
I can't speak on him as a player, because like I said, I never heard of him before. I don't follow other teams like I used to back in the day. All I can do is look at it on paper, and Rooney doesn't seem to add anything that wasn't already in the system.
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Well Rooney has been a PK fixture on both the Devils and Rangers.
5 of the top 6 PK forwards last season were top six players for the Flames last season. Maybe they want to take some load off of those guys.
Rooney has also outperformed his xga/60 in 3 of the last 4 seasons. Maybe he's got a little Kris Russell in him. Doesn't do well on corsi, but doesn't bleed goals against. Not bleeding goals isn't a bad trait for an end of the roster player.