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Old 07-28-2022, 08:41 PM   #3973
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion View Post
Sure, there is no shortage of suitable options out there.

Which is why I still can't quite grasp exactly why the Flames felt the need to give Rooney $1.3 million for two years on the first day of the UFA market.
I think the team did a ton of research into cheap bottom guys to fill out the roster with the plan of Gaudreau and Tkachuk making a big chunk of the cap. Even though we didn’t sign Gaudreau they must have still definitely saw something in him they liked and kept that part of the plan.
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