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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Thanks, that confused me. But how did Engelland not meet the requirements? Because he was a pending UFA?
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Yup.
Exposure requirements for forwards and defense in 2017 were that they either needed to play 40 games in 2016-17
or 70 games between 2015-16 and 2016-17 combined,
and they needed to be under contract through 2017-18. The experience requirement did not apply to goaltenders, who could also be pending RFAs.
Team needed to expose at least two forwards, one D, and one G who met the requirements. Beyond that... open season, except for first- and second-year pros.
Here are the Flames' players who helped them meet the exposure requirements in 2017:
Forwards: Troy Brouwer and Matt Stajan
Defense: Matt Bartkowski
Goaltender: Tom McCollum