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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Flash may be correct in his thoughts that he might have dropped this as a favor to Treliving to put pressure on the Flames. Might actually get him even more access as a result.
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The more I think about this the more it makes sense.
Eliott says he started thinking this after people around the league were asking him what's going on.
If that's the case, how do people around the league know about Treliving's contract status? In my opinion, there are a couple of different ways Eliott comes to this conclusion:
1) He has to protect Treliving, his source, by coming up with an alternate explanation for this theory
2) Other teams have inquired as to the contract status of Treliving and have been informed it's up at the end of the year.
3) I don't recall any public mention of the length of treliving's deal, but perhaps there is a league source that knows the parameters of the contract and either let Friedman know or Friedman found out from a different source that had the information from the league.
4) Burke has let it slip to help put pressure on the Flames ownership to commit to Treliving for a longer term which might help Burke transition to Hockey USA.
5) Treliving has been letting his pending free agency known around the league.