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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Treliving said at the time that the Flames liked Valimaki much more than any players they would be slated to select in the 2018 draft, and I suspect they still stand quite firmly by that claim even @ #12.
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That and I'm sure he was banking finishing higher after improving the defence and gambling on better goaltending.
Didn't work out that way, but I'm sure that went into his decision to keep the 2017 pick and give up the 2018 one instead.