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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
You are starting to clog this thread up with questions that have already been answered several times (even in the very post you are replying to).
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So the plan was to sign him all along? Yet, they didn't sign him a couple weeks ago?
And in his reply he avoided the two-way contract altogether. That's something Byron's camp would have to fight for. A reason why these fringe players have historically avoided arbitration and signed for small contracts. I've provided examples, I have yet to see someone link to a fringe NHL-player getting over a million dollar award in arbitration. If they exist they are a rarity, not the norm.
It's a discussion about Byron, only so much can be discussed. But they made him a UFA, did not state that he was part of their plan going forward and only signed him after free agency. To me that means he was plan B, not sure why people think a fringe NHL player would be plan A going into free agency and taking offense that the player, many of which seem to be stating now is not part of the future, was not on the top of the list for the Flames.