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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Listening to Burke this morning he stated what he always does in terms of GM's making their biggest mistake on deadline day. After he said that it made me think we will have to wait until next Wednesday to see some action. He is playing it smart with Cammy letting the league know that he is not forced to move him. Also I read on hockey buzz (flames blog) that Hudler is getting big interest and I personally think that if Cammy is retained Hudler is gone. No way both small wingers are on the roster next year
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Glad you posted this. I am not sure that Burke is blowing smoke on re-signing Cammi. I think Burke is hoping to re-sign Cammy on a home town discount contract. I think Burke would like to get a A+ prospect into the system. Lets face it none of the rental players are bringing anything close to that. I keep reading that GM's don't want to give up much for a rental player and rather trade for a player with term. My gut tells me that if Cammi signs then Hudler gets traded at the deadline. I think Hudler has more value than any of our rentals. Also if Burke is serious about eating cap $, then imagine what they could get for Hudler if the ate half a million to a million on each year of Hudlers contract. At $3 million a year, Hudler would have a great return.
If the trend continues with teams wanting term instead of rental players at the deadline then they could trade Cammi in 2-3 years ( have to think that Cammi would not sign for anything less than 4 years). Granted this probably means nothing because i don't think Cammi is going to sign for below market value.