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Originally Posted by dammage79
Wow. That's kind of a surprise to me. I always like when the Flames sign their puck but I figured Solovyov was a year or two away from signing.
They must really like him.
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Button said on draft day that the plan was to have him come over and play in the AHL right away. Picking him at the end of the draft may have been just a sure way of securing his rights:
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Oh...
So instead of waiting for the draft to end so he could be signed as a FA, the team used their last pick?
Not a bad strategy if they thought other teams were interested.
Stockton is turning into Little Moscow
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