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Originally Posted by Vulcan
In Bouwmeester's case, where you know the player isn't coming back, I believe teams give agents the okay to talk to other teams that the player is interested in. Once Bouwmeester says, yeah I'd be interested in signing with Calgary and or teams x, y, z; Calgary and or the other teams make an offer. Calgary gave a third and the rights to Leopold and probably this would also get the rights to Richards. Just my ramblings which could be all wrong.
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This is complete hearsay, but I have heard that Jay did not want to sign with CGY, and had premature discussions with another team. Darryl found out about it, and had Jay over a barrel.