The 4 + 4 + 1 idea for the FLames might seem okay right now, but it could look very different in a year.
Probably safe to say almost everyone would agree with Gaudreau, Monahan, Bennett and Backlund.
That would mean that Frolik, Ferland, Shinkaruk and Poirier could all end up being the player lost.
Right now, that doesn't seem like too big of a deal (I would be pissed if we lost Ferland), but the whole idea is that these players are still being developed. The Flames NEED one of them to step up and take the next step. And if they do, bam! they're gone in the expansion draft.
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