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The grade-the-trade types mostly ignored this move.

Nick Shore certainly wasn’t the most noteworthy name on the transaction ticker during the NHL’s annual deadline-day frenzy, but the Calgary Flames are excited about this latest addition to their cast of bottom-six forwards.

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As an opposing bench boss, Flames coach Glen Gulutzan had been noticing more and more of Shore.

From the other side of the faceoff dot, Calgary’s top-line centre Sean Monahan had been seeing more and more of him.

“I’ve watched him play against Johnny (Gaudreau) and Monny in matchups, and Monny even commented to us when we traded for him, ‘I’ve played up against him a lot, and he’s not easy to play against,’ ” Gulutzan said. “So my gut is kind of hoping and telling me that I think we’ve got a sneaky good right-shot player here who can help us defensively.

“I reached out to a couple of coaches that have had him in the National Hockey League and they spoke very highly of him, not only of his hockey IQ but as a person and his work ethic. And we actually had a call from an NHL player who played with him and still plays in the league, and he said ‘This guy is underrated.’ ”