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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Seems to be because they valued their young defensemen more highly than a winger coming off a disappointing year and thus went with the 1-8 protection. Most GMs and teams seem to value top 4 defensemen over 2nd line scoring wingers
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That doesn't explain why you send Marchessault and Smith to Las Vegas though.
Only why they protected 4-4-1 to start with.
Edit: Mackenzie just tweeted that Marchessault had to be included to get Vegas to take Smith. Seems crazy that they needed to "throw in" a 30 goal scorer t get rid of that contract. I'll take that contract as a Flames fan.