I like the term, I would have said a 14M deal would have been very good.
16M would have been fair.
18M is a bit high (better for Troy than Calgary) but easily managable.
Calgary needed to add 3 things
-a winger that can score 20+ goals
-a RHS natural RW
-players that are tougher to play against
I think Brouwer brings all 3 of these to the team and as mentioned by others he's a good leader and adds that to a very young forward core.
as a flames fan, i think this is the worst move that treliving has made to date
Mason Raymond?
Jonas Hiller?