That and I honestly believe the Flames' brass thought the team would suck for two to three years and wanted to get to the cap floor with character guys and avoid chasing terrible UFA signings.
adding a guy like Engelland at an inflated price, doubling your goalie budget and trying to replace Cammalleri scoring with a local guy all made sense if your plan was to draft top five and keep culture magnets out of the dressing room.
I don't think he saw Monahan and Gaudreau at $13M on the horizon.
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