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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Yes. The Flames let everything go in the draft because there was literally nothing worth protecting. The Flames were hoping they would take some junk (Brouwer, Stajan, Bouma). Instead the Knights took a hometown veteran player and signed him to a no-risk contract.
Giordano will be 38 at that point and making 6.75M. Very possible the Flames might be thankful if they got out of that contract (hopefully not, be 38 year old players aren't always the best). The Seattle Seattlers will also have the opportunity to select some actual quality players apparently. If you protect Hanifin, Giordano (lol), and Valimaki, that leaves Andersson and Kylington available. Those are better than busts like Shinkaruk and Poirier.
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Oh, I think they may well expose Gio. And if they do,. I think he's a pretty easy choice because 38 year old Gio will be equal to a lot of equally priced defencemen even at that age.
I expect that there will be a deal by Treliving prior thereto, to avoid all of that, though.