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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Cap considerations play into it though too. 1.55 v. 900K I think
But more importantly Juuso was drafted 6 years ago. Why he was drafted there no longer matters, what matters is how he's progressed since.
Again it's a sunk cost. The 1st was spent. It doesn't matter. You make the best decision with the information you have now. And they decided Mackey was the guy to keep. Which is looking like the wrong call but not because Juuso was drafted in the 1st 6 years ago. That's irrelevant.
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Valimaki was at a point of regression with the Flames. Whether that's his fault or the team's fault for not developing him they made the right call to risk losing him. No point in banging their head against the wall with him because his future with this franchise was going down the toilet. Now he gets an opportunity with another team to prove he belongs in the NHL.