It is apples and oranges, but the Canes used a top 15 pick on Bean. Sucks to lose that for nothing particularly when the guy probably is going to be a solid young NHLer who has been blocked by their D depth. The Flames scenario would be Valimaki not getting injured and being exposed in this draft. Somewhat lucky that's not happening. Would fans be more upset to lose Gio or Valimaki?
(surprised they haven't flipped him yet to recoup something, even a 2nd round pick)
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