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Originally Posted by transplant99
Uhhh...cause only the player can be the one holding out?
There is an offer for him to sign right this second....but even if he doesn't he is already qualified by the team.
So only one side here can choose not to play.
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Not necessarily. For all we know, Gaudreau is asking for fair market value and the team is lowballing him. Since the numbers haven't been released, we have no way of knowing who is asking fair market value and who isn't. I suspect based on the numbers they're looking at, both parties feel they're being fair and the other isn't.
It's further possible (although I admit this is completely speculative) that both sides know what a fair market value is for Gaudreau, but the team doesn't have enough cap room to make it happen yet. They could be trying to move a contract in order to free up the room to sign Gaudreau.