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Originally Posted by atb
Thing that bugs me the most about the Flames statement is that it implies they were willing to risk a 1st and 3rd fully aware of this rule. They must have at some point said 'What if the NHL doesn't see it this way?". So they must have know there was a chance (even if they believed it a slim chance) there could be a huge legal storm, with the chance of losing 2 picks for nothing.
That's almost as foolish as not knowing about the rule in the first place, and is really quite scary.
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No way he knew, this is just a bad spin. Previous poster right nobody plays with a top 5 pick so "footloose and fancy free"