transplant99 said:They didn't just "get" Langkow. They had to give up two assets in exchange.
LA "got" Conroy for nothing more than money....money that Calgary couldn't aford to pay him. Thanks for proving the point.
Yes...and were forced to pay him a 270% wage increase!! Great deal huh?
Thanks for pointing out the obvious....player salaries were driving the team to extinction with the course they were on.
Someone missed the point. All I'm saying is it's ignorant to think the Flames would miss the playoffs, simply because they're a small-ish market team that made the finals last year. A previous poster thought Calgary must follow in the footsteps of Anaheim for that reason alone.
And what would you rather have, Kiprusoff at $3 million or Turek at $4.5 million? If Turek was still starting, he wouldn't have re-negotiated his contract, and the Flames would be much worse.
Could Calgary afford Conroy? Probably. Was that money better spent elsewhere? Absolutely.