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Originally Posted by dissentowner
No, they all had them in on him. There is a difference. Everybody reported both Alberta teams had made offers. That was common news. That is a huge jump from claiming BT is actively shopping Gaudreau or Monahan. I would have to hear the clip where he talks about this to be sure the OP about this did not twist what he said.
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End of the day the media portrayed the Oilers as the favorites for Markstrom until they were out. I watched TSN and Sportnet all morning that day. The mainstream media felt the Oilers had the inside track but Steinberg felt confident the Flames were his choice.
Regardless of all that and what we are talking about I think it should be clear that Steinberg today was not adamant that the Flames were shopping their star forwards. He did say based off everything he has heard from the insiders and people around the team is Treliving has been making calls and in discussions. I think the talk of Monahan/Gaudreau stems from the Andersen rumor and that if the Flames were making the deal it would have been a big one.
Steinberg used the names Monahan and Gaudreau when discussing a big shakeup but he didn’t sound like someone that knew something was going down.
Pinder yesterday morning discussed the rumor that was mentioned here around Monahan for Ristolinen+ that was apparently discussed at one of the past trade deadlines.