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Originally Posted by dying4acup
Of course he won't negotiate the contract.
But would you go out and do something you know your boss won't like, or might reject?
I would think that 5 years would have been ok, but then Dougie would be UFA at 27.
I stand by my prediction. 3yrs. 4 at the most. But nobody ever accused me of being smart.
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So you really think that if Treliving made a case for an 8 year extension, and Burke said no, that Treliving would offer it anyway only for Burke to veto it? Of course not.
When the deal gets done, it will be a deal that everyone in hockey ops and ownership is fine with. And as you say, 5 years takes him to UFA. You're thinking that it will be less than 5 years, but there's no reason to think that "BUT BURKE!" means it absolutely cannot be longer than 5 years in order to buy some years of UFA status. Especially since the Flames already know Hamilton isn't looking for a bridge deal.