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Originally Posted by Buff
Dion didn't sign his first contract until September 2004 so he wasn't eligible to play.
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To my memory, the Flames were down 3 of their top 6 at one point in the playoffs, I think Lydman, Leopold and Gauthier were all out, Montador and Commadore were #7/8 starting the playoffs, and basically played the whole run as a 3rd pairing. 1 game the dressed Brandon Evans, gave him 35 seconds in the first period then played the game with 5 Dmen.
I think it's incredibly likely that with a couple bubble players on the 3rd pairing, Ference and Warner as a second pair, and Regher + whoever happened to be healthy as the first pairing the players were openly advocating for the hotshot rookie to dress