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Originally Posted by jayswin
And they ain't signing in a place like Calgary even if they make it to free agency, so if not the draft then you'd have to hope for one of the rare trade opportunities for one. From there you need to have what the trading team wants AND beat out the other teams interested AND likely hope that the player will waive a current NTC, AND if they're close to free agency you have to hope they re-sign with you rather than walking.
Spoiler alert: Gotta get some bottom 5 finishes to have a chance at building this Flames team into a contender.
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Let the Eichel trade be an example. Buffalo the Edmonton of the east a undesirable location took a guy that’s from the area over what we could offer knowing Tkachuk would walk.