I would mind losing Betts. Sure, good penalty killer and defensibly responsible. But there’s no room for players that have no offensive ability whatsoever. We still have Drury, sign Shanny, keep Orr for demolishing haters, and get them a center (or a wing who will move over)

this is from slapshot blog

“Marcus Goes Loko: We’ve recently been following the case of Marcus Nilson, the Flames forward who didn’t seem to fit in the team’s plans any longer but who didn’t want to skate the final year of his contract in the AHL. So delicate negotiations ensued and, as Randy Sportak in the Calgary Sun reports, the team has succeeded in coming up with a plan that would allow Nilson to leave the enchanting Bow River region for the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers so he can play in the KHL.

Here’s the deal, according to Sportak (and some additional info we’ve researched with some remedial help from the NHL Communications Department; it’s a bit complicated): The Flames will put Nilson on waivers not once, but twice — once yesterday (and he cleared today) and once again after Sept. 27, to see if another NHL club will take him. If he clears both times, they’ll let him go to the KHL If Nilson is claimed by another NHL club, he can’t go, but the Flames are off the hook for his salary.
The post-Sept. 27 waiver is required for any player being loaned to another club, according to the CBA.
If he goes to the KHL, the Flames will have to pay his salary for this season, which is $1 million (and Loko will also pay him), unless they can negotiate with Loko to pick up all or part of it, but regardless, it won’t count against the cap, which is what the Flames wanted to achieve.
In the absence of a transfer agreement, the Flames (as the Devils did with Marcus’s potential new Loko teammate Vishnevski) have figured out a way to allow a player under contract to go to the KHL without breaking any rules. Amazing. It helps if the player wants to go and the team and the team is happy to let him go.
(We’re kinda confused as to why Vishnevski didn’t have to wait to clear waivers after Sept. 27 before he could play for Loko, and we spent a long time trying to figure it out.”

He is one of my favorite players though, good all-around game like you said and backs down from nobody, saw him whip some guy from Carolina ( their resident pest, cant remember his name… maybe its Walker)the guy wouldn’t stop pushing Fish, even though Fish wears a visor and finally Fish had enough and WOMP!....and I agree 100% with what you said about paying for the prime years….unlike the Redden contract which…well, you know….

I agree Orr, I’d rather have Sundin for a year and no Rozie… But I’d MUCH rather have neither. I can just wake up every morning and hope we traded Rozie for… well ANYTHING.

Ugh, i wish i can just fall asleep and wake up on saturday, just before 7:00 PM.