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Originally Posted by ps241
I guess my point was both sides went into the free agent market to sign short term (1 or 2 year) skilled bridge assets to buy time while the prospects grow and remain productive. Ollie Jokinen had 61 points last season for the Flames and Sutter said he was the Teams top forward (in the Winnipeg Sun yesterday). 2 years at a $4.5 cap hit per year and he fills our biggest void "short term" which is a big bodied (6'3" 210) top line centre. also getting Ponikarvovsky for 1 year will fill another big gap as a top tier 3rd line asset. our 3rd line was brutal last year and he is big and had one of the top if not "the" top CORSI rating on the devils last year. both these guys give us short term relief and upgrade our top 6 to 9 forward groupings. my assumption was that Dallas was using Whitney and Jags for a similar reason.
Dallas has been more aggressive in their trades to date but Chevy has stated openly that we are not done yet. I expect to see at least one sizeable trade before the season starts.
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I was disappointed to see that you guys got Jokinen for 2 years. I thought he would want longer term for sure, and would much rather have him at that price AND Ott than Roy. But no hard feelings, as others have suggested that being closer to CGY was important to him, and Dallas can't match that.