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Originally Posted by Robbob
I think this is key. For it to happen that contract has to come off the books. Since he is holding out for that to happen it means that he has been told by the Flames management that they having something in the works that has to be close or he wouldn't be sitting on the side line this long.
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They put Schlemko in the same situation last offseason. He said himself, he thought they wanted to move a bad contract/open up space for him on the blue line, but he got tired of waiting and signed elsewhere.
Lots of things really close fall through and just dumping bad money is one of the tougher things to do as a GM. Maybe they should stop leading players on