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Originally Posted by Textcritic
He is disagreeing with this assertion:
For whatever reason some posters like to spin the expansion draft into some silly narrative about how poor a team the Flames are, and devoid of talent. This is simply not true.
In actual fact the Flames were very fortunate during the expansion draft that Engelland was a UFA, and that VGK was so eager to add him to their team so early. This had NOTHING to do with the Knights rejecting Flames unprotected players, but was actually much more about how important Engalland was perceived to be from the start. It was clearly a priority for them to include him from the start as a key to how they wanted to build the team in the first place.
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If you believe the Knights took Engelland even though he was a UFA and he was signing there anyways, despite thinking other exposed Flames would have had any value to them I have a bridge to sell you !
There was not 1 unprotected Flames player that Vegas valued at all.
If anything Vegas passing on all our guys should have been a massive red flag, which became very evident during the season have the worst 4th line and depth in the league
It isn’t swinging a narrative that the Flames are devoid of talent. It is a narrative that the Flames are devoid of secondary talent. The Flames had horrible depth this past season. An entire line that should not have been in the NHL.