IIRC Treliving said he made Colborne an offer. It could therefore have been accepted. Then he'd be on the team. So unless Treliving was supremely confident it would never be accepted, he was perpaerd to have Colborne as part of the team. I imagine he was of the view he was a bottom six guy and was only prepared to pay him bottom six money.
In order for Treliving to (a) be sure he didn't want Colborne on the Flames and (b) still make him an offer, the offer would have to be insultingly low. I don't see him doing that - it's not good business and would go nowhere in not wanting to look like a "bad guy" to other players or the fans. That kind of offer is what gets leaked to embarrass the team.
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