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Originally Posted by Imported_Aussie
Is that the reason Erixon chose NYR over the flames - or is it more that his father played there?
What we learned today is you do a damn thorough pre-draft interview with each player you may draft.
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Kinda silly to think the Flames didn't interview Erixon before the draft isn't it? It is even more silly to think that Erixon was going to come out and say "don't draft me because I'll just screw you over so I can get into the Rangers" in said interview.
The bigger lesson learned is that the Flames need to get these contracts signed sooner and read between the lines a bit more if a player is avoiding signing said entry contract for any reason and deal with it immediately. Erixon could have been traded at any point over the last two years and I doubt this is the best we could have gotten for him.
The other lesson we learned is that Grossman is a snake but Feaster should have known that already from the Khabibulin negotiations.