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Old 07-23-2018, 02:32 PM   #113
Oling_Roachinen
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Originally Posted by Jay Random View Post
No, what dictated that was that the team wanted Wotherspoon to play and didn't mind if Bartkowski sat on the bench. As it happened, Wotherspoon played in 67 AHL games, and Bartkowski played only 18 NHL games. Being better than Bartkowski was not enough to put Wotherspoon in the regular NHL lineup.
Why did the Flames want to play Wotherspoon? They were so invested in Wotherspoon's development in the AHL that they didn't even bother to offer him a 700K, two-way contract to qualify him?
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