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Originally Posted by ricardodw
It is interesting that panic UFA signings fail so miserably.
Raymond was signed because Cammalleri turned down the Flames last offer and the Flames had no confidence in Gaudreau playing at the NHL level. IN retrospect signing Setogouchi was done for the same reason and was a much better long term move.
The other Panic signing was Feaster signing Babchuck because he traded away Regehr , Pardy walking as a UFA. The Flames had no confidence in Brodie stepping up and putting Babchuck into healthy scratch status.
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Not entirely sure panic is the best way to describe the moves. No one predicted that players like Gaudreau would be this good or even capable of playing in the NHL.
The flames needed to sign a couple UFAs to ensure they had a roster. The other choice would have potentially been pushing kids into the NHL who were not ready, which can destroy development.
So not so much "panic" as taking reasonable actions in the circumstances.