If perry makes it to being a UFA, i doubt he has interest in the flames. These UFAs typically look at teams trending in the correct direction and have the roster to make a push now or very soon. I believe this holds true for all top tier UFAs.
For non-top tier UFAs, then getting top line minutes, or a better pay cheque, may be sufficient to join a non-positive trending team. The flames UFA signings could be looked at as examples (wideman, hudler, cervenka).
Some may use the wild getting parise/suter as counter-arguments to my first point, but i am pretty sure the wild used the argument that they were top of the conference for the first half of the season, so there is quality there, plus they have one of the better prospect pools that are soon making a push to be on the NHL roster.
my bet is that he remains a duck, or goes to one of the big market teams: chicago/philly/vancouver/Nyr/Tor
OR goes to a team that is definitely on the rise like the blues, sens, habs (shockingly so), etc.
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