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Originally Posted by Bingo
Exactly.
He isn't "replacement level" that's just silly.
But he has the 194th highest cap hit in the NHL for forwards this year. With 31 teams that's guy number 6.5 on the average NHL roster.
He's not a guy just off the second line in Calgary. If he plays on the fourth line he's over paid. If he plays on the third line he's a little over paid.
But ... if you look at ice time, his PK work got him to the 6th spot in total ice time last year for Flames forwards.
Honestly the guy has been value as a free agent signing, and he's certainly one of the team's best 12 forwards to start the season. But if they could move him out (waiver loss) and free up some cap space they could make a bigger dent at the trade deadline.
Additionally, ... his passing waivers may make him more attractive on the trade front as the acquiring team could assign him to their taxi squad for a number of weeks.
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I agree.
I like him but think we could survive without him given our depth and considering he is 34 and a UFA it’s fairly written on the wall that he won’t be back next season.
Since Lucic isn’t going anywhere we need our 4th liners to be as cheap as possible.