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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Pretty sure I am on the record as saying trading a 70 point guy for what we got was a bad return. Nonetheless it is the right move for the Flames to trade all these guys. I am hoping he does better with the future trades but this team is not going anywhere anytime soon. The Flames should not be signing any of their older players to contracts, certainly not longterm contracts.
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You still need veterans on the roster to teach the younger guys. And doesn't hurt if he's Russian when two of your better d-men prospects in the minors are fellow countrymen. (Solovyov is technically Belarusian, but close enough)
And Zadorov is only 28.