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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Do you have a link for this? I don't think he said that. What I remember him saying was that he wants fair market value and doesn't think he should take another discount,
But in no way does that mean that he wouldn't sign an extension or that he has every intension of going to UFA status.
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Posted above. Your version is probably more accurate.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/09/10...calgary-flames
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"I love Calgary. I love the Flames organization. My last contract proves that I love this organization," he said after skating at WinSport at Canada Olympic Park with the collection of players in town. "But I've seen the contracts that are going out now and the comparables, and I'm not going to sell myself short.
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Although, there is this quote that makes me think he's likely to head to free agency. Doesn't mean he wouldn't sign an extension, but as time goes by he's more and more likely to see what's out there.
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"When it comes down to it, I'm an unrestricted free-agent come July 1st and I have a no-move clause in my contract. I'd like to get something done before the season started, but in the long run, the longer we wait, unrestricted free-agency's July 1st."
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But, it sounds like he would stay if the Flames gave him a decent extension.
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He said he and his agent, David Kaye, had talks with the team during the summer and would love to come to terms on an extension before the season, but it's gone quiet in the last few weeks.
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This will undoubtedly be a big story to follow leading up to the trade deadline. My personal opinion is that if the Flames don't offer a good enough extension to him by then, he'd be willing to waive to go to a good team in the playoff hunt, go on a run with that team, and then test free agency and he could end up anywhere. It's also just as likely that he could get re-signed before the trade deadline. Just a hunch, but I think both Treliving and Burke like him, but don't LOVE him as a player.