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Originally Posted by New Era
Ah gotcha. Its okay to let the player hurt the team so long as the team doesn't hurt his feelings. Sorry, team before player. I agree with Winter that there needs to be a hard deadline in place. The Flames can impose that hard deadline. Put your best offer on the table (a long term and a bridge) then say you sign by this date or your sit the season. It's nothing personal, its business.
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Having a player that is an absolute key piece to contending this season sit out the entire season is not putting the team before the player, it is severely handicapping the team because negotiations didn't get done before the regular season.