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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.
In the case of Bouwmeester last trade deadline, you're right, because he was still under contract for a year and the tension for change wasn't there on our end. We had leverage. Cammalleri today? We had no leverage... The buyers determined his value. That's the whole reason why Burke tried to manufacture leverage in claiming he was going to re-sign him versus trade.
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Now you're trying to move the goalposts. I get your options metaphor but it doesn't really apply.
More importantly, the fact remains that value is not determined solely by the buyer - just as it is not determined by the seller.
MOST importantly is the big picture: this is not a trade in a vacuum. The Flames have to continue to trade with the same people in the future.
As a trader, sometimes it is better to lose a battle, and you have to be prepared to do so, in order to be in a stronger position later.
It is like bluffing in poker - if you are afraid to lose, and can get chased out of a hand, your ability to bluff - and thus your ability to be successful - is lost.