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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Francis on 960 this morning mentioned how the Flames are still trying to figure out what to do with him. He mentioned that people around the league know exactly what the player brings which is high skill but wildly inconsistent efforts and that he's the type of player that doesn't translate well to the playoffs. He's going to be movable at the deadline but he may not fetch as much as we think because of the fact that he's not the type of player that excels in the playoffs. If he has a really good season and fits in the locker room I wouldn't have an issue with an extension but only if it was in the range of 2-3 years and I really don't know if there are going to be many teams out there offering him a 4 year contract or more given his age and question marks. He seems to be a player that fans like a lot more than GM's.
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Since he's never played a playoff game it's nice to see Francis rolling his crystal thru a pile of poop again, I remember another Russian who these "experts" said couldn't bring it in the playoffs but by the time he was Kuzmenko's age he was a playoff beast, his name was Pavel Datsyuk.
You can't teach the type of skill Kuzmenko has, it only takes a couple of these rare skilled plays to win a playoff series.
With the cap increasing give him 4 X $6.5