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Originally Posted by albertGQ
Playing close to home or a more desirable market is a pretty big bargaining chip. You can't just shrug it off. Most players have to play at least 7 years of pro hockey to become a UFA and choose their destination. In John's case he can go straight to UFA in only 16 months and zero pro hockey seasons. So it is pretty attractive. Yes, I know he'll be subject to ELC restrictions wherever he signs.
With that being said, I think he signs with the Flames in less than 2 weeks.
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Oh, I understand all of that. But what I was responding to was the expectation that Gaudreau's advisor will
"no doubt push for him to sign with someone else once he becomes an unrestricted free agent". My question addresses specifically this: WHY would we presume that this is necessarily the case?