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Originally Posted by The Coppernian One
Sort of. Gagner is an RFA now however, the upcoming season will be his last year as such. Any arbiter's ruling or deal ends with him as a UFA so not even a bridge deal was possible. He is an RFA right now, but this deal buys two years of UFA, the last one without the NMC.
The Oilers still face the chance that they could lose him for nothing, but if they do it's their own fault as they will have a chance to trade him for other assets if he's not part of the long-term plan.
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Not "sort of".
You can't compare a player that one team is bidding on to a player that, potentially, 30 teams are bidding on.
You can assume what other teams would pay for Gagner, but you don't know until he's truly UFA.