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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Colborne was not going to sign his QO, that much is obvious. So if you don't want him on the team, you qualify him and he doesn't sign. Easy peasy.
As for your theory, there is always some market for a 26-year-old, 40-point player. There was a market for David freaking Jones, who was much older and much less productive.
I believe Treliving was telling the truth about not wanting to go to arbitration. No other explanation makes sense.
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If the Flames made him his qualifying offer and he rejected he'd still be a restricted free agent. So would he really have any value to Colorado who signed him as a UFA? Maybe they didn't want to give up any assets to sign him. That scenario rarely ever happens in the NHL to even use it as a hypothetical in this situation.