As a hard core Flames fan, I'm kind of happy with this.
I wanted to see drai gone, but I had a hard time suppressing the fear of them trading him for an absolute haul that could have rounded out that team better. Of course, the best scenario would have been seeing him walk, but at the end of the day it's looking like they are going to have upwards of $50 M tied up in 3 players.
As usual, the oilers being oliers, I have a hard time seeing them ever assembling a decent lineup properly to compliment the big three. The more I think about this, I'm fine with him staying.
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