I'm willing to bet that the Flames place Freddie on waiver knowing he was likely to be taken this time around. I believe this was their way of doing him a solid, much like they did with Eddie Lack.
As for Dougie apparently making a big deal out of this, being unprofessional or whatever garbage is being spewed, what a load of f***ing bullshit. The brothers are best friends, it was their dream to play in the NHL together, of course he is upset and doesn't want to talk about it. Why would he? Deflecting away from his personal feeling to the game should not be seen as unprofessional and should not be an opening for pieces of shit like Eric Francis to use as a basis for another piece of shit article that proves he wouldn't have a job without Mommy's help.
Someone should ask that mama's boy if he would want to talk about it if his Mom lost her job and had to go to a city 1500 miles away to get a job.