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Originally Posted by ricardodw
so If Ramage did not sign with the Flames he could have been a UFA August 15?
Gaudreau is planning on playing in Boston next season... Only one more year after that he would be a UFA?
Is the clock ticking on Jankowski?
Will he be ready next year? If not and he develops as planned he has to play 1 more year and then he can pick his team?
If Agostino does not sign with the Flames this off season , would he become a UFA next aug 15?
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It seems that the US college projects... guys that need to grow and fill out like Jankowski and Gaudreau would be extra risky for the teams drafting them... .. guys that need 3 years to get ready have to be considering staying another year and becoming UFA's and picking their teams if they pan out.
Guys playing CHL junior hockey basically run out of a place to play hockey 2 years after they are drafted. Also they get their $95,000 signing bonuses when they are signed that binds them to the team
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This is a risk you take with any prospect. What if we hadn't signed Sven immediately after we drafted him and he held out after year 2? What about Wotherspoon? At least you get 4 years with college players and now Europeans.