NotOpie
"Puck don't lie"
Was it the Chris terry you or the Gauthier you?
Why not both?
Was it the Chris terry you or the Gauthier you?
Are we really going to be doing this every time Faulk scores a point this season (and beyond)?
Yes. Yes we are.
We don't need blues fan im 100% certain BDC will rub it in how great he is every time he does a thing.I'm just curious when Blues fans are gonna start coming by to update us on Faulk's play, and tell us how much they miss Ferla... Er, Edmundson
Good that the Flames fans now have more opportunity to see him.I'm just curious when Blues fans are gonna start coming by to update us on Faulk's play, and tell us how much they miss Ferla... Er, Edmundson
We don't need blues fan im 100% certain BDC will rub it in how great he is every time he does a thing.
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe Gardiner or Hamilton will magically fix things. I actually hope that’s the case. I’d rather see the team win than be right.
Good!How has Edmundson played?
How has Edmundson played?
Woof, this ended up being a really bad trade for us
should've treated Faulk as our own rental much like Hamilton, Ferland, etc.I still don't think I'd want Faulk for 5 more years on his contract though he's still a good player now. We got a decent year out of Edmundson and took a shot at a talented prospect that didn't work out. The team is still fantastic and the prospect pool still seems quite promising, so it's not really a big deal. You will never win every move.
Yeah this is where I am. We needed to move on from Faulk, he was not going to get the contract he wanted from us and it was good of us to get what we could have out of the situation then. With that said, the return on the trade is a big swing and a miss for us, to be honest. We couldn't get Edmundson to re-up after the season (he signed 4 years $3.5m aav) and Bokk will likely never make the league. Given what we currently have on defense right now, we probably could/should have re-upped Edmundson for that amount as a solid 3rd liner, and we've kind of been chasing our tail over that since.Classic case of “two things are true at once.”
1) Getting rid of Faulk when we did was the right move.
2) Getting rid of Faulk for the return we did has proved to not have been the right move.
I won’t judge this trade against a baseline of keeping Faulk. I’ll judge in against the baseline of a vague set of potential other moves that could’ve been out there. Virtually, we got nothing for him. Hindsight says a 3rd round pick would’ve been better lol.
I personally wouldn't want to commit to a 3rd pairing guy for 4 years at that price. I'd rather sign a guy like Cole for the third pair for a year or two tops.Yeah this is where I am. We needed to move on from Faulk, he was not going to get the contract he wanted from us and it was good of us to get what we could have out of the situation then. With that said, the return on the trade is a big swing and a miss for us, to be honest. We couldn't get Edmundson to re-up after the season (he signed 4 years $3.5m aav) and Bokk will likely never make the league. Given what we currently have on defense right now, we probably could/should have re-upped Edmundson for that amount as a solid 3rd liner, and we've kind of been chasing our tail over that since.
We literally HAD to get rid of someone on RD and at that point, especially with contracts/contributions, sticking with Hamilton/Pesce was the right move (remember the drama where Pesce was being under-played and not happy with ice time?). We got what we could, much like we did with Skinner. Both returns were underwhelming, but given the contract situations both were also the right move to make at the time.Yeah this is where I am. We needed to move on from Faulk, he was not going to get the contract he wanted from us and it was good of us to get what we could have out of the situation then. With that said, the return on the trade is a big swing and a miss for us, to be honest. We couldn't get Edmundson to re-up after the season (he signed 4 years $3.5m aav) and Bokk will likely never make the league. Given what we currently have on defense right now, we probably could/should have re-upped Edmundson for that amount as a solid 3rd liner, and we've kind of been chasing our tail over that since.
Yea, agreed, I liked Edmundson but $3.5M is way over-priced for what he brings, I probably wouldn't go over $2M for him, especially @ 4 years...passing was the right call.I personally wouldn't want to commit to a 3rd pairing guy for 4 years at that price. I'd rather sign a guy like Cole for the third pair for a year or two tops.
I would’ve been fine with him playing out the contract, he played very well towards the end of his time with us. That summer had some odd moves and it seemed not everything went exactly the way they expected/wanted.
I didn’t think much of the trade then but since everyone knew his asking contract price I wasn’t surprised there wasn’t many takers. We’ve never heard of something better being offered elsewhere.
We had a really impressive group of defenseman that first year under Rod, we’ve done well to reshape it a few times over and still be successful but I think we could’ve gotten more mileage out of them.