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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Absolutely.
I think Ottawa was probably the most in on cammalleri, with the other teams interested having cammalleri as plan B or C. Real dollars might have influenced Ottawa picking hemsky over cammalleri, but I think they went with who they thought was the better option or player for them which was hemsky.
After that, no one was going to bid up cammalleri to burke's minimum valuation.
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On top of that, I don't think other teams really wanted to use up their cap space on Cammalleri. They probably wanted to hold it open on the chance that Vanek/Moulson could be acquired. I bet if Vanek/Moulson get dealt an hour earlier, then the cap room is sunk cost anyways and there is a market for Cammalleri. Look at what LA had to do to make room (i.e. CLB eat salary, demote Vey) and ANA moved Penner for a 4th to make space.