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Originally Posted by Toonage
Didn't the Flames try signing him to an extension before the year began, or at least talked extension and it didn't go well?
Think that number was $4M?
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I heard something was reported saying he wanted to wait until this offseason to negotiate so he wouldn’t have any distractions throughout the season.
It’s likely Hamonic was an afterthought given the Tkachuk and, to a lesser extent, Mangiapane situation last offseason.
Many have inferred that to mean he wants to sign in Winnipeg to be even closer to home but I’m not sure I buy into that.
If he wanted to be close to home Minnesota is actually geographically the closest to his hometown.
The difference between Calgary and Winnipeg didn’t seem like much when I was looking into it - maybe an extra hr or so in flight time.