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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Because they will bargain until both sides agree or the Isles cave. Not even Garth Snow is dumb enough to not get Tavares locked up. Remember when everyone thought Stamkos would hit the market and he didn't even say he wanted to stay like Tavares has? Either he will sign which is almost a certainty or Snow will get an unreal haul via trade. There is zero chance he is just allowed to walk.
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Yeah, this happens every year with someone. What top shelf player has ever made it to UFA? I can't recall the last one. At the very most their rights are traded to someone shortly before the deadline (a team who is going to give the player what they want). I go back to Neidermayer, Chara or Stevens to find a really big UFA signing that actually worked.