I'm thinking about it less from the perspective of what happened to other teams and more from the perspective of the relative pain from losing any one player.
Kulak is the best Flames asset that was expansion eligible. That's why it hurts. If Chiasson, Bouma, Shinkaruk, Brouwer, or whomever else was taken it's be better than losing Kulak.
So be it. Ultimately the proof is in the pudding, if McPhee takes Kulak then he agrees that Kulak was the best player available.
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