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Originally Posted by Rikster
You seem to want to make excuses for the quality of the return and then in the same breath claim it was a very good haul?
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What? I'm not making excuses for anything. The type of return that Lindholm got was the type of return Lindholm was going to get. The Flames got a 1st round pick. A good prospect. An NHL player and some spare parts. This is a good haul for an expiring UFA on a down year. This is very close to what Horvat, an expiring UFA in a career year, got. The main difference being we got the Islanders top prospect because the Islanders have nothing. Raty isn't an NHL player and unless he fixes his skating will not be.
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Originally Posted by Rikster
I'm pointing out that quantity doesn't make it a haul or an extremely good deal if the quantity has little value.
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Quantity is a quality in and of its self. But the quantity here has value.
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Originally Posted by Rikster
A late 1st and Brzustewicz for Lindholm is pretty much how Id' sum it up.
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All the teams looking to trade for Lindholm were going to be providing a late 1st. Look at the list of teams who were apparently interested. Three of them are currently 1 - 2 - 3 in the NHL standings. Two of them have lead the NHL standings are various points this year.
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Originally Posted by Rikster
Kuzmenko is a cap dump for the Canucks and where Calgary is in their window will be irrelevant to them in the long term which is why I think they deal him before he becomes another distraction for them.
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They probably do deal him, but I doubt he becomes a distraction.