Upon further thinking and pondering, which has occurred all day(literally) about the Flames signing Big Bert today I have come to a conclusion that I still......HATE IT! But as a die hard Flames fan, I always have to find positives from everything they do and I have really only thought of two, no now three.
1. Something tells me Iggy is going to keep Bert on track. "Jarome is 100 per cent why I am a Calgary Flame. It was exciting talking to him" said Bertuzzi, who signed a one-year deal as a free agent with the Flames on Monday. "We respected each other when we played against each other. I have always respected how Jarome has played and been in that market. He probably could have gone somewhere else be he has always stayed. I'm looking forward to being his teammate. He will push him as best he can and keep him in line. I think the first f*** up from Bert and we will see him out of town, probably down to the minors.
2. With seeing Nolan signing that ridiculous contract with the Wild for about 2.25 million a season, at 1.95 million, Bert looks pretty good. I think we will get more offensive production from Bert, with the same amount of floating around the ice so I guess I'm ok with that.
3. Looking at the lines, lets hope that with Bert coming in, that will send Primeau out of the line-up. That is probably the biggest benefit from this signing. Hahaha!!!(I actually doubt with Keenan behind the bench and the questionable 'kid' 4th line that we will see Primeau in the press box that often, but one can still hope.)
Here are what I think the lines could look like next season:
1- BERTUZZI-LANGKOW-IGINLA
2- CAMMALLERI-LOMBARDI-MOSS
3- BOURQUE-CONROY-GLENCROSS
4- NYSTROM-BOYD-PRUST
E- PRIMEAU, GREENTREE
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