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Originally Posted by neo45
Sounds like terrible management to not sign the guy when he was on an AHL deal all year
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I can be corrected here but I am pretty sure he could not be signed. He was on an AHL deal (non CHL players can play in the AHL) and the Caps did not have his NHL rights. If he went through the draft again he would be a UFA (this is where I am not sure, him being considered "Euro" based. He might not have been a UFA even after this draft) but they chose not to risk it and drafted him instead to secure his rights.