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Originally Posted by Wild GM
Brad trying to answer why we're protecting a goaltender and so we have our #4 d in the system. "Good luck trying to pry that out of me" and D isn't under contract at this point.
Is this Stone? Not sure I understand this one.
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It was a two part question. The first question was if he thought the Flames plan on having a goalie in place before the expansion draft. Brad said "it depends". He basically said that they are looking at all options but in an ideal world, it would be nice to have a goalie in place before the 21st.
The second question was if Brad thought the Flames #4 Dman was already on the Flames roster. Brad said that they technically had Stone signed until the 30th but he was essentially a UFA. Brad then asked back if he thought a younger Dman from the minors would be able to handle 20+ minutes in the #4 role. He thought it would be difficult for him and might be too much to ask for. My impression was, he was looking for an established player for that role.
However he did say many times that the time to find out if a younger player is ready is in training camp so we'll see.