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Originally Posted by Ashasx
There was a discussion in the expansion thread and the wording seems very much that the Flames will have to protect Wideman.
But to me it completely defeats the intended purposes of the rule and expansion because Wideman will never be picked as a UFA by an expansion team, so why would we have to honour his NMC? You're protecting him from nothing.
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It's pretty much 100% guaranteed Treliving would buy Wideman out if he had to protect him in an expansion draft. Sucks about the wasted cap space the following season, but better than losing Giordano, Brodie or Hamilton in the expansion draft.