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  • #31
    Originally posted by Asher View Post
    Flames just signed one of the KHL's top players to a 1 year, $3.7M deal: Roman Cervenka.

    Never heard of the dude before, but hey, it's something new.
    Good move

    His contract is actually for 900K but he gets an extra 212 for any four of a list of six targets (they include scoring 20-- getting .73 PPG, playiong top 6 minutes over at least a 42 game stretch and a few more. Then the rest comes if he does something ridiculous like wins the Hart or Art Ross of makes the first or second allstar teams

    Also its a 2 way contract so they can send him to the minors.
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    • #32
      Originally posted by notyoueither View Post
      I assume this is a sign that Calgary is going to keep with their aging core for as long as they last.
      Not sure-- this dude is mid 20s so he could be part of a reload to be good for next year or a rebuild-- Feaster hasn't tipped his hand
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      • #33
        Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post


        Because they can get 90 percent of the production for 30 percent of the cost? Iggy at 7 is a terrible deal.
        Depends on the team-- at the deadline with just a little of his contract left, the numbers don't matter as much.

        Also you compare Burrows and Iggy as if they were in comparable roles and with comparable quality linemates, which is obviously not the case.

        Iggy was the clear sniper for the Flames and as such attracted all the attention from the best shut down guys. A lack of scoring from the rest of the lineup hurt him here

        Burrows gets good minutes with far better linemates but the docus of the shut down guys will usually be the Sedins.


        IN Iggy you have a guy that has produced consistently -- With top linemates its arguable and forseeable that his production would be higher than as as the single gun the Flames have
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        • #34
          Black Hawks got rid of the assistant coach in charge of power play yesterday. No real surprise there. Heard Quenville said, "I've been watching lots of playoff games and I still have a lot to learn." Good to know he is thinking that way.

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Flubber View Post
            Not sure-- this dude is mid 20s so he could be part of a reload to be good for next year or a rebuild-- Feaster hasn't tipped his hand

            I think it is a sign that the Flames want to 'rebuild' on the Leafs model.
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            • #36
              Iggy is by no means overpriced, Ben.
              You're paying a 25 goal scorer at 34, 7 million dollars a year on a perpetual non-playoff team. Why?
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              • #37
                Iggy was the clear sniper for the Flames and as such attracted all the attention from the best shut down guys. A lack of scoring from the rest of the lineup hurt him here
                It's called lack of depth, and that's what happens when you overpay.
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                • #38
                  For a team
                  1. looking to win right now and not wanting a long term obligation OR
                  2. where the actual dollars matter and the cap hit is less relevent
                  If this strategy were beneficial to 'winning now', why is it that the Flames remain mired out of the playoffs. This strategy worked 10 years ago with a young Iggy and young Kipper when they were cheap, and you could afford the pieces needed to build around them.

                  Now? Hanging onto both of them as they hit their decline phase will doom the Flames until their contracts come due and they need to rebuild. I said that last year was Iggy's last hurrah, and that his value would never be higher than it was then.
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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post
                    You're paying a 25 goal scorer at 34, 7 million dollars a year on a perpetual non-playoff team. Why?
                    Where the **** do you even get this ****?

                    How is Iggy a 25 goal scorer when WE JUST HAVE ESTABLISHED he has scored 30+ goals for 11 (nearly 13) consecutive seasons?

                    You're such an idiot.
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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post
                      If this strategy were beneficial to 'winning now', why is it that the Flames remain mired out of the playoffs. This strategy worked 10 years ago with a young Iggy and young Kipper when they were cheap, and you could afford the pieces needed to build around them.

                      Now? Hanging onto both of them as they hit their decline phase will doom the Flames until their contracts come due and they need to rebuild. I said that last year was Iggy's last hurrah, and that his value would never be higher than it was then.
                      There are no further words to describe your ignorance of all things in this world, including hockey.
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                      • #41
                        There are no further words to describe your ignorance of all things in this world, including hockey.
                        So the fact that I correctly predicted Iggy's temporary blip last year was just that makes me ignorant?
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                        • #42
                          What the **** kind of idiot calls 11 seasons of 30+ goals a temporary blip?

                          Further, I don't recall you predicting anything of the sort. Link it.
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                          • #43
                            Bet the Kings are happy they didn't trade Brown.
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                            • #44
                              Brown is okay, but he's certainly no Kesler. Amiright??
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                              • #45
                                Apparently, Washington just traded the rights to Vokoun to Pittsburgh and he signed a 2 year deal. Pretty good backup.
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