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Originally Posted by TurdFerguson
I think Engelland has Vegas written all over him. I believe he has an off-season home there and is exactly the kind of character guy a new team would love, especially if it's a young team.
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The problem is Engelland's value to a non-playoff team is greater than his value to the Flames. He can get another 3yr 9 million dollar contract out of someone who wants a character guy to play 3/4 minutes while protecting their young players. while they miss the playoffs.
On a playoff team you need to overpay him at 2 million a season to be your bottom pairing / emergency 4. So unless he is willing to take 4 million instead of 9 million he isn't coming back.
As one of the most controversial signings when it happened it worked out very well for the flames and he earned all of that contract.