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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
People are made that the Flames wouldn't spend $4M on the throwaway contract of Ryan Johansen to "upgrade" from 2nd+Grushnikov to a 1st.
But then it's the end of the world to maybe spend an extra $250K on this dman on top of what the salary you can bury in the minors without penalty.
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It just looks like an act of desperation.
Say you asked for a 26 year old depth defenceman (and pending UFA) in return for arguably the best pending UFA defencemen on the trade deadline block, then immediately sign him to a two year extension, then tell everyone how much you really wanted this guy, etc.
Could have probably had him for a 7th. But sure, we'll go along.