Obviously this isn't an ideal situation, but I think it became pretty clear that Erixon was not going to sign with the Flames, judging by the comments from King and Feaster prior to today it seems to me like they were blindsided today by Grossman.
Since Erixon was more than willing to re-enter the draft the Flames got a pretty good return under the circumstances. It's hard to complain about landing a high skill forward prospect who was linemates with our best offensive prospect and the 45th and 57th picks when we were staring at a compensatory 53rd overall pick in the eye.
Fun fact: the last time the Rangers traded the 45th overall pick it turned into Latendresse...
other 45th Overall picks in the last decade include (rankings as per HF)... Ryan Spooner (Bruin's #2 prospect), Jeremy Morin (Hawk's #3 prospect), Zac Dalpe (Canes #1 prospect), Jeff Petry (Oilers #2 prospect), Guilaume Latendresse (25 goal scorer), Patrice Bergeron (30g/70pt player)
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