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Originally Posted by Vinny01
There were tweets from insiders that day the Flames were even given permission to talk extension with Bishop and a deal in the 7x7 range was reported. So obviously Tampa was ready to pull the trigger but Calgary backed out and I think it had to do with Tkachuk being available at 6.
Nothing confirmed but after the fact I heard rumors Bishop and Drouin were going to be coming to Calgary for the 6th pick + Backlund. That I can say was hearsay so not confirmed but the fact the Flames were talking extension with Bishop made me think it was very close.
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Yeah, I mean, they wanted to trade for a guy who had Calgary on his no-trade list and that guy wanted to be paid a crazy premium to play in a market he didn't want to be in and the flames were willing to trade Tkachuk to do it...
I'm getting light headed, I need to sit down.