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Originally Posted by Jay Random
If those were the only considerations, sure. But the Kraken are not allowed to go over the cap with the players they pick, and suddenly there are some mighty tempting high-priced players available, both in the expansion draft and in free agency.
In the circumstances, it's at least possible that Ron Francis doesn't want to tie up $6.75 million in a 38-year-old defenceman, just on the off chance that he might still be playing well enough to have trade value at the deadline.
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Yes, those reasonings would be why they wouldn't pick Gio in the expansion draft, though I'm assuming they are not going to have issues with going over the cap and can always trade and retain some salary.
Drafting players to fill out an AHL team is not going to be their reasoning for picking players.