[MarkGio]

Originally Posted by AC

http://www.tsn.ca/concerns-about-nhl...merge-1.609388

Said by Daly, not Bettman but:

Thanks A/C. I didn't know it was a first round pick, so that's really steep. But it's clear the league will hammer down on those situations. If the Flames traded for Stone with the intentions of signing him (as indicated by the conditions in the trade) then they would be hard pressed to wait until after the expansion with the type of contract that looks like expansion draft circumvention.