Looks to me like Brouwer gave Calgary a list of 15 teams he was willing to go to and they handed him back a list of 30 teams who weren't willing to take him. 
Confirmed Buy-Out Flames waive Troy Brouwer
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God our team is so much better on paper this year. Hopefully it happens in reality as well.
Bennett - Ryan - Frolik
Lazar - Jankowski - Czarnik
Mangiapane/Hathaway
So many options to try out. Not having Brouwer there makes a huge difference.
KingsHockey24
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Not saying Brouwer is anywhere near as good as Dustin Brown but if Brown can make a comeback, so can he.
That’s the thing, Brouwer’s not a “capable” player. He was one of only two natural RW the Flames had last year. He was spoon fed o-zone starts and prime pp time all year. By seasons end he had six goals and was barely hanging on to fourth line duties.
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I think so. The guy can still play. But he's more of a 3rd or 4th liner now. He just wasn't worth what he was making.
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I also love that thet Flames are actually giving home grown talent a chance in the bottom six. Seems like the organization hasn't done that in a decade.
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I wish Brouwer the best. Seems like an awesome guy off the ice with everything he did in Calgary, but this is a business where you need to play your best hockey. Unfortunately, Brouwer has had better days on other teams. I think he still has a few years left in the tank, but he needs to recognize that his role in the NHL is slowly diminishing. He's going to have to accept that he is probably a 3rd line RW at best who can chip in 25-30 points, 4th liner if a contending team wants to use his services for cheap.
No kidding. Usually our 4th line costs 5 million dollars and is filled with vets.
Lazar, Mangiapane, Hathaway, Dube, Klimchuk, Czarnik.
Those are the guys I want on the 4th line. I think Jankowski deserves to be higher but at least he'll be with guys that can skate.
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Put it this way. Curtis Glencross was only ever as bad as Troy Brouwer during the 2 months he spent in Washington. He was out of the league by October.
Forgettable bottom 6 forwards do not get to play into their mid 30s anymore. Troy will come to a camp on a PTO, and then he will spend the winter workonw on the lovely house he and his wife built in Calgary.
Forgettable bottom 6 forwards do not get to play into their mid 30s anymore. Troy will come to a camp on a PTO, and then he will spend the winter workonw on the lovely house he and his wife built in Calgary.
Spoonfed? He averaged 10 minutes a night at evens. Bottom six territory. Two minutes a night on the PK--primary PK. And a minute and change on the PP--secondary minutes.
The Oilers require a veteran RW and a quality PKer--Brouwer fits the bill and around $1m.
Regardless, I'm done here.
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Unfortunately for Chia I think Dim Jim has waiver priority and a real soft spot for players like Brouwer.
Seriously though, I do wonder if Brouwer was merely misused by the trainwreck of a coaching staff that the Flames had while he was here. He ticked literally every box when the Flames signed him, and he started out great, but man did he ever fall off. I think there is more to his decline than his actual on ice ability (coaching, injuries, etc), because he still put up 22 points last year and that is not easy to do when you're in the Flames bottom six it seems.
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That 2010 Blackhawks team had a lot of players cash in.
Brouwer signed contracts for $33M since.
Bickell signed a four year $16M contract.
Versteeg signed a four year $17.6M contract.
Bufyglien signed contracts worth $64M since.
Ladd signed contracts worth $60M since.
Seabrook signed contracts worth $84M since.
Brouwer signed contracts for $33M since.
Bickell signed a four year $16M contract.
Versteeg signed a four year $17.6M contract.
Bufyglien signed contracts worth $64M since.
Ladd signed contracts worth $60M since.
Seabrook signed contracts worth $84M since.
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I was happy when the Canucks missed on Lucic, Ladd and Brouwer. Then they went and overpaid on Eriksson and gave him 4 years too many on term. With the exception of 1 or 2 elite UFA’s each year, teams that sign UFA’s to anything more than 2 years always regret it.
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The Washington offense strikes again. Seems to happen to a lot once guys dont get caps pp time anymore
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Were probably waiting until they had a better idea of final cap and roster situation.
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