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Oling_Roachinen · 05-19-2018, 04:23 PM

If you're arguing that Vegas got a very generous expansion draft, a 35 year old UFA who was going to sign in Vegas anyways is just about the worst argument you could make for that. They literally wanted nothing from the Flames.

And who can blame them? Brouwer, Stajan, Bouma, Bartowkski or unsigned (and later unqualifed) Chiasson were the only non-UFA NHL players that Vegas could have taken. Shinkaruk and Poirier put up 30 points as 23 year olds in the AHL now. The Flames would have loved them to take Brouwer, Stajan or Bouma. Shinkaruk and Poirier are extreme longshots to make the NHL at this point. So they decided against taking on Bartowkski, lol.

05-19-2018, 04:23 PM	#858
Oling_Roachinen Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2011 Exp:	If you're arguing that Vegas got a very generous expansion draft, a 35 year old UFA who was going to sign in Vegas anyways is just about the worst argument you could make for that. They literally wanted nothing from the Flames. And who can blame them? Brouwer, Stajan, Bouma, Bartowkski or unsigned (and later unqualifed) Chiasson were the only non-UFA NHL players that Vegas could have taken. Shinkaruk and Poirier put up 30 points as 23 year olds in the AHL now. The Flames would have loved them to take Brouwer, Stajan or Bouma. Shinkaruk and Poirier are extreme longshots to make the NHL at this point. So they decided against taking on Bartowkski, lol.