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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Agreed, not sure why fans get upset by it.
It's not like they're holding out or demanding a trade. Negotiating the term of the contract is normal business.
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Exactly. No logical reason for any fan to be upset or take it personally for the org or city when players would rather play elsewhere. Unfortunately being a Calgary Flames fan, it'll happen often. That is why it's imperative the organization drafts well and makes astute trades. So we always have a pipeline of players ready to step in. Especially if we continue to have our top players from the US or Eastern Canada. As those are the type of players who will traditionally want to play elsewhere when given the chance.
Free agents should never be a key option for the Flames for top end talent. Relying on something like that is a bad idea. Especially since the any top tier free agent wouldn't even consider Calgary anyways. We have as much of a chance of landing a top free agent player as the Edmonton, Buffalo, Ottawa, Wpg etc.
Therefore we are left with disastrous overpaid players like Brouwer and Neal. We got lucky with Derek Ryan though, but even he was brought in for the bottom.six and wasn't a top UFA.