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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
One other reason could be that Treliving already gauged the market for him at the trade deadline and there was no market for him. So the other reason to not qualify him would be for him not to be on the team next season...
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Colborne was not going to sign his QO, that much is obvious. So if you don't want him on the team, you qualify him and he doesn't sign. Easy peasy.
As for your theory, there is always
some market for a 26-year-old, 40-point player. There was a market for David freaking Jones, who was much older and much less productive.
I believe Treliving was telling the truth about not wanting to go to arbitration. No other explanation makes sense.