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Originally Posted by David Struch
Why wasn't Brad Treliving able to trade for Marc-Andre Fleury before the Expansion Draft?
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I believe MAF has been quoted saying he went to bed on the eve of the trade deadline prior to the expansion draft believing he was going to be a Calgary Flame, although I might be mixing that up with Bishop prior to the draft. MAF was definitely open to accepting a trade to Calgary.
From the Flames perspective, I could see them scoffing at a high price because they believed that Elliott could carry the load through the rest of the season and into the playoffs. At the time of the trade deadline that year, Elliott was playing his best hockey of the year...so I can understand it from that point of view, even if it did blow up in their face in a huge, series-blowing explosion of failure.