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Originally Posted by crapshoot
Not sure I agree with this. Vegas will probably look to get as many established NHL players as possible on the roster in order to be able to compete right away, and I would think that means spending to the cap from the start. Vegas is business, perhaps more so than any other team in the league, and I don't think McPhee is interested in gathering a bunch of magic beans through the expansion draft, sacrificing short term success with the hope that it pans out long-term. Also, this is the guy that traded prospect Filip Forsberg for Martin Erat, so it's pretty clear what he values, and in this situation that should become even clearer.
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You don't think he's heard enough backlash about that trade? Why would he make that type of move again.
I was on the Brouwer to LV hypetrain myself until recently I was on the Lightening's page on HF (to gauge their opinion on Drouin), and I saw a thread about the expansion draft, and their fans were talking about Callahan the way we talk about Brouwer. And everybody there was planning their lines for next season with Callahan being claimed. It just reminded me how every team has a 'Brouwer'. I'm sure LVG will have to take one or two for salary cap reasons, if it's ours, we're laughing.