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Originally Posted by Hockeyboy2
I agree with your thoughts on that 100 percent. I was very young when Calgary traded away Martin St. Louis but I do recall him being plugged on the third and fourth line, tried to turn him into a mini checker and he was never given much of a chance.
And to top it all off he was instrumental in the door to door canvassing in the save the flames drive if what I heard is true.
After this happened he was immediately disbanded and I dont recall if he was traded to Tampa Bay or he was put on waivers and then claimed by Tampa Bay. Either way yah that sucked and it would be a big slap in the face to have something like that happen again.
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Shortly after Craig Button became the GM (within a few weeks I believe), St. Louis was put on waivers and not claimed, then bought out. He was also available in the 2000 expansion draft but went unclaimed by Columbus and Minnesota.
He then signed a two-way deal with Tampa and the rest is history.
He also went to Ottawa's training camp as a tryout prior to signing with the Flames.