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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Based on reports leading up to the expansion draft the asking price for Raanta was "very high" which is more than the Flames paid to acquire Smith. I expect he was left exposed because the Rangers had a pretty good idea what McPhee was going to do with his expansion picks to load up on defensemen. Sure, he could be better than average, but I remain unconvinced. He is 28-years-old, he is not very big, and he is now with his third NHL team.
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Kind of looks like McPhee blew the NYR expansion pick if Raanta's return was really going to be that high.
If he could have drafted him and traded him to Flames for a second and Hickey that would have been a win IMO.