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Old 09-24-2016, 02:53 PM   #2521
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV View Post
4 years keeps him an RFA. If he wants to sign an offer sheet we will gladly pocket the four first rounders. Any term shorter than 8 and longer than 3 on that third deal would be a win for the Flames. In that situation, 8 is what the player usually wants not the team.
Yeah, that's why I said to the front door, not out of front door. Conroy alluded to it previously, they don't want a four year deal, it gets players too close to that UFA status, and they start thinking, scheming, gets harder to lock them up.

Fine with a bridge deal, but make it two or three years. Four get him too close to UFA status for comfort.
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