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Originally Posted by devo22
why does that make it worse?! Colborne knew he had a pretty good arbitration case after scoring 19 goals and 44 points, and given that he already wanted to take the Flames to arbitration once before, that was surely the leverage Colbornes camp used over the past few weeks. Treliving called the bluff and didn't qualify him, they probably still negotiated, then the Flames chose Brouwer over him and Colborne saw that he wasn't getting as much money on the free market as he had hoped. It's perfectly reasonable that he asked for more money ahead of yesterday, but then realized that he wouldn't get that much.
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Regardless of prior negotiations Colborne did sign for 2 year 5 mil. That's a damn good price for a free agent signing.
Are you suggesting that the Flames camp simply quit trying to sign Joe after failing to reach term prior? I get that he didn't get what he initially wanted, so call him back after reality sets in. Or are you suggesting that Joe liked the Avs so much better that they signed him to a deal he would have refused Calgary?
Remember when the Oilers missed out on Glencross because they had their eyes set on another prize. This is similar - excepting of course the Oil actually failed to sign anyone of significance.