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Originally Posted by TheFlamesVan
That's true, but we now enter into the situation Eric Duhatsyek described. Which is Vegas will be looking to be a "broker" for teams. For example, if the Flames want Marchessault, they work out a trade with Vegas for him. If they come to an agreement, Vegas chooses Marchessault and then trades him to Calgary.
This is how I thought the Flames would get their goalie. I think Vegas picks then trades 2/3 goalies.
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I assume that Treliving canvassed what it would cost to get that goalie from Vegas and it was prohibitively too high, so went the trade route with Arizona.
Calgary has little to trade that other teams would covet yet Calgary would deem expendable.
They have some chips, but those chips are needed by the Flames going forward.
I doubt that Vegas would move Marchessault for Calgary's 1st round pick. Why would they, when the hope would be to get that good a player. It's not like they are in cap trouble.
It's fun to imagine Calgary improving through the Vegas expansion draft, but they just are't in much of a position to do that. Hence, why Smith is our goalie IMO.
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