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Originally Posted by Inferno
The Flames didn't trade for him to negotiate though. They just wanted the compensation pick.
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Yeah, that whole system got a little abused and they had to kybosh it.
I remember hearing that Toronto did that as a make-up to Button after the botched Stoll trade. They could have traded his rights to any team lower than the Flames and got a slightly better pick, but they felt bad for the error causing the Flames to lose Stoll for nothing. It allowed the Flames to at least move up in the round.