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Originally Posted by The Fonz
Cammalleri is a pending UFA. Holding his rights at this point is like holding an option in the futures market... He has an expiry date. The leverage is not in the sellers court when your product is about to expire, the leverage is heavily weighed towards the buyer(s). What the buyers are willing to pay in this case ultimately determines his value.
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If the seller is not willing to accept the offer then you have not established value. If Burke decided that keeping Cammy for the rest of the year, having an increased chance at re-signing him and/or setting a tone for future trades is worth more than he was being offered then the offer was below value.
That being said, for all we know they might have had a deal but were was beat by the clock due to other players not moving fast enough.