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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
So they needed to draft him one week before they could sign him as an UFA? No. There were no legit NHL players with reasonable contracts exposed by the Flames. Selecting a pending UFA seams like a waste of a pick until you see what their options were and the fact that they couldn’t “pass”.
https://www.nhl.com/news/protected-l...ft/c-289972722 |
The fact that we had the ability to add (and protect) Curtis Lazar was maybe an indication this team wasn’t going to be very good... but yeah, that list was a huge pile of meh.