It seems to me that the Flames had Ekblad rated #1, then Bennett. Treliving mentioned that they had an arrangement worked out with Buffalo if the Panthers were to trade the first pick. Since everyone figured that Florida would take Ekblad and the Sabres later stated that Reinhart was number one, my guess is that if a team like Vancouver traded for #1 and took Reinhart, Calgary would have exchanged picks with Buffalo and snapped up Ekblad, leaving Bennett for the Sabres.
Taking Ekblad out of the equation though, it really does seem that Buffalo, Edmonton, and Calgary got the forward that they wanted.
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