Calgary not even close to last
Free agents will continue to choose Calgary over many cities despite tHeir current rebuilding stage. Players will almost always choose Calgary over Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Carolina, Nashville, and Columbus. I don't want to run down these other cities but Calgary is considered by the hockey world as a great city to live in as evidenced by the many retired NHL players living there. Unfortunately Edmonton , Winnipeg are not highly desired locations to reside in and the hockey season is long.
There will be exceptions such as Schultz, but there will not be many. Calgary is not desperate to sign free agents under their current situation as evidenced by Raymond's agent stating Calgary has not approached them.
Obviously older players like Iginla will and should go to teams where they stand the best chance of winning a cup which would exclude Calgary and all the above mentioned teams.
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