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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Was Jokipakka asked? No NHL d-men on the roster... couple from the AHL and the rest from Europe.
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Wouldn't know. I could speculate a bunch on the whole issue of who gets asked and how many turn it down and why, but really it'd just be a bunch of guesswork.
Only the higher profile players turning the offer down tends to be on the news.
They obviously don't want to ask too many guys since it would suck to fly to Europe only to get cut from the team. They also tend to hold out for higher profile players dropping out from the playoffs, which adds another wrinkle. (Guys like Määttä and Vatanen for example).
It's a complicated process, that much is certain.