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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Not surprised, as it was a no-brainer. Would have been livid if he weren't re-signed.
I am a big Friedman fan but he was off base on this one. Understandable that he brought the issue up, and yes it was odd that it went this long.
But Friedman was talking about it again on 960 this morning and, though he didn't have anything to report, he was going pretty hard on the 'where there's smoke' angle. So was the 960 crew. They all felt that there is a real problem in the organization.
Considering this deal was finalized mere hours later, that would suggest that Friedman was not at all in the know on this one.
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Friedman was cranky this morning, the guys were talking about draft changes and he said he "doesn't subscribe to conspiracies", meaning if the draft reorder was last season and NJ got Matthews.
Good move for the Flames if they want stability, but even GM Sutter couldn't get them past the first round on paper.