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Originally Posted by Geeoff
I don't see Vegas taking either Brouwer or Stajan unless we pay them to. If the Flames were to lose either of them for free, it would help the team. I don't see the upside for Vegas. They'd be better off taking one of the former 1st round picks or one of our prospect defensemen. Alex Chiasson not a bad choice either, since he's about as effective as Stajan and Brouwer at a fraction of the price.
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Again, so much of this depends on who VGK decides to select from other teams.
In a vacuum I would agree with you, but in the light of 1) the incumbency upon Las Vegas to select a player from the Flames, 2) the necessary balance they will need to strike between cap hit, position, and 3) qualification for either the AHL or NHL roster then selecting one of Brouwer or Stajan from the Flames might actually be the best option for the Knights.
I am certain that the Flames will not be sacrificing assets to persuade Vegas to select a specific player—these deals will occur only for those teams who are anxious about ensuring they keep certain available players. On the contrary I think the Flames are probably reasonably comfortable with the prospect of losing any of the players on their unprotected list, and likewise also comfortable with retaining all of the same players. All that to say that Stajan is still quite useful, and we should expect that Brouwer will be much better than he was in arguably the worst season of his professional career.