After a very deep breath and return to rational thinking, I wonder if this outcome will indeed increase Burke's chances of signing Cammy.
I'm sure Burke and Cammy/his agent have kept in close contact regarding the deadline, and if Cammy was aware of the process, he can now see that the Flames value him as a player more than the rest of the league does. Burke can now go to Cammy and say, hey, we tried to move you but there was limited interest. So Cammy can go ahead and test the market but knowing that teams weren't pounding down Burke's door to acquire him, this might incline him to stay with an organization that values his contributions instead of testing the market and come away disappointed with limited interest in his services/lesser deal.
Just a theory and maybe nothing to it, but I guess we will see how contract extension talks go.
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