It would’ve been interesting to see if the Flames could’ve sold him on the Flames had there been a clear cut top 4 right side position available. At the time the Flames had TJ Brodie, Dougie Hamilton, Travis Hamonic, Michael Stone and Rasmus Andersson ahead of him in the depth chart. If I’m him, I probably wouldn’t like my chances either.
Then he gets shipped off to Carolina and once again he has a bevy of right side defensemen to leap over in Pesce, Faulk and once again Dougie Hamilton. Obviously he ended up as a Ranger which was his dream, but if Hamilton and Hamonic weren’t in his way, I do still wonder if he would’ve just said #### it, I can’t wait any longer, I’m ready to go pro and signed with the Flames.
Johnny Gaudreau only needed to wait one more year and he could’ve signed with the Flyers, but ended up choosing to come here because there was almost no depth at forward in 2014.
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