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Old 06-29-2025, 10:31 AM   #96
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post
Except the expansion rules didn't gift them a good team.

GMs panicking and making stupid side deals is what gifted them a good team.

Florida trading them Smith and Marchessault to protect Alex Petrovic

Anaheim giving them Theodore to protect Josh Manson

All that expansion draft showed is NHL GMs aren't very smart most of the time.
They did benefit greatly by coming in alone. Other expansions have been two or more teams.
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