^I don't get it. @Blob (love your username hahaha) Draft picks are a crap shoot and ROR is a known commodity. COL played it safe, and they can trade him on their own terms next year. Every draft year is projected as being great, but there's worse teams than CGY and they could wind up picking 10th ...

Arachnid wrote:
Better than playing hockey in Central America

Don't knock Central American Hockey. You get to shoot the refs for a bad call, the War Room is an actual war room, your hockey bag has a secret storage compartment, and there's no video replay because cameras are forbidden, well, everywhere.

Given that they decided to match, doing it soon makes sense. They want him in the line up ASAP as they want to try and make the playoffs. Waiting the 7 days only hurts them. I'm not surprised they matched. They could also be concerned about next year's trade deadline...I don't think they can move ...