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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Which they knew going in.
They should’ve tried to trade Gio for something. Like two 2nds, the way Seattle did at the following deadline.
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There was no such deal available. Nobody was stupid enough to pay two 2nd-round draft picks for a 37-year-old player who would, on the one hand, only be a rental, but on the other hand, they had to have cap room for the following year because the cap rules made no allowance for expansion drafts.
When Seattle traded Giordano, he was on an expiring contract, there was no expansion draft coming up, and Toronto had every intention of re-signing him at a much lower salary if he was a good fit with the team. The Flames the prior year had none of those advantages.