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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
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.
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Maybe they didn't want to give up any assets to sign Colborne. But there's a good chance somebody would have. A player doesn't get signed on July 1 if only one team is interested in him.
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