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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I would much prefer that the Flames trade with another team, since I think they could extract a higher return from someone other than the Flyers. It is one thing to imagine that Gaudreau could force a trade; it is quite another to think that he can without any form of a NTC could dictate the destination.
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Not necessarily true. It could be made known that he would refuse to sign a contract if he was traded anywhere else. Now I'm not saying this is the case, but if it were, think of the position the Flames would be in. He's not signing here, but he's only willing to sign there if we trade him. Well, I guess that's what your left with, and you somehow have to get something back when you now have no leverage. It would be entirely dependent on how desperate Philly really wanted him. If in was nothing. I guess he's gonna sit. It would be a nightmare scenario though.
FWIW, I heard what I heard about 4-5 weeks ago, and called it out as BS at the time. I said he'll be signed before the World Cup. The fact that training camp has started now makes me believe it might have legs. It 100% came from someone in a position to be in the right circles to get it.
To be clear, what I heard exactly, was he wanted to sign no farther than UFA eligibility, and the Flames had offered him maximum term, and money wasn't necessarily the object, and Johnny's side won't move.