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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
lol yeah that is what broke the trade I believe. They got word on how the draft would go because Oilers would take Pulijarvi and I think everyone knew Benning was locked on Juloevi.
It’s pretty much what Burke said. I think Matthew wanted to be a Flame and the Flames wanted him as their #1 target.
Sucks how things played out, but we still got 6 years out of him and 2 of our best seasons in franchise history.
I was wrong about the player. He is a superstar and probably was the glue of the team.
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Really? I thought he fooled and shocked everyone, I think there were about 15,000 "whos" at the draft party in Rogers Arena.