Confirmed with Link: Flames acquire Kris Russel for 5th round pick
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Zirakzigil
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Not sure why this was done now and not in a few days. Seems like a move you make after the free agents you want are gone.
Anglesmith
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Doesn't taking a guy off waivers change your rank in the waiver queue? I think that might have to do with why Feaster didn't claim him off waivers. He might be expecting a bigger fish to become available.
InfinityIggy
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Kipper933
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Maybe he wanted Ference or Scuderi and the other D want too much, and this was his backup plan?
I'm not against acquiring Russell but when he was free on waivers two dasy ago, and Feaster must have wanted him then too...
It's like the PLL pick-up again, throwing away a 5th.
I'm not against acquiring Russell but when he was free on waivers two dasy ago, and Feaster must have wanted him then too...
It's like the PLL pick-up again, throwing away a 5th.
Every pick is important, especially for rebuilding teams that need to stockpile as many picks as they can.
Zirakzigil
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Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
That's the other obvious explanation. Russell might have only ever been a fall-back plan.
I Hate Blake Coleman
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Jay Feaster doesn't do what Jay Feaster does for Jay Feaster. Jay Feaster does what Jay Feaster does because he is Jay Feaster.
Bosnian Beast
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I know its just a fifth and can easily be replaced but what the **** is Feaster doing throwing away draft picks on players he could have gotten for free. At least make it a 7th, if I were negotiating I would have simply told the GM, "Look, we know he was on waivers a couple days ago and we could have gotten him then, but the most we are willing to part with is a 7th rounder, take it or leave it."
There better be a legitimate excuse for this.
That being said, I don't mind the pickup at all, if he wasn't on waivers previous to this, I wouldn't complain at all lol.
There better be a legitimate excuse for this.
That being said, I don't mind the pickup at all, if he wasn't on waivers previous to this, I wouldn't complain at all lol.
Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
Just looked it up, and Russell has never been a minus player in the NHL, even when he was with CBJ.
Oberyn
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Hey guys, just thought I'd give you guys a quick rundown of Russell.
Undersized guy, but a very good option for the bottom pairing. Should be paired with a tough, grizzly partner, someone like Polak, to be the most effective. Good first pass, but his offensive game has gone downhill a bit. Not the strongest or biggest guy out there, but can play physical in his own zone, although he's not great at it. His speed is his best asset, can fly down the ice or jump up in the rush in no time. Below average shot, but pretty accurate.
Good luck with him guys! Russell was a good player for us, just ran out of room for him.
Undersized guy, but a very good option for the bottom pairing. Should be paired with a tough, grizzly partner, someone like Polak, to be the most effective. Good first pass, but his offensive game has gone downhill a bit. Not the strongest or biggest guy out there, but can play physical in his own zone, although he's not great at it. His speed is his best asset, can fly down the ice or jump up in the rush in no time. Below average shot, but pretty accurate.
Good luck with him guys! Russell was a good player for us, just ran out of room for him.
1989
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A 5th for an NHL-calibre bottom pairing defenceman is a good pickup. He's 26, he's been in the show for enough years that we know what we are getting, and there's no guarantee that a 5th would ever turn out to be even half of what Kris Russell could be.
He's young-ish and he can stick with the club if he wants to through the entirety of the rebuild, and he will be just hitting his stride now as defencemen take longer to mature on average.
Not a bad pickup even considering the waiver wire.
He's young-ish and he can stick with the club if he wants to through the entirety of the rebuild, and he will be just hitting his stride now as defencemen take longer to mature on average.
Not a bad pickup even considering the waiver wire.
Ace Rimmer
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1989
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Good enough. Was hoping more like 1m-1.25 but if he can find his offensive game again under Hartley and with his above-average skating I think it's a decent amount.
Anglesmith
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