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Originally Posted by Jay Random
That's not the point. The point is that numerous posters on CP were convinced that he would never sign in Calgary and the Flames would lose him for nothing. The reasons they gave then were exactly the same as the reasons they give now that he will never re-sign in Calgary and the Flames will lose him for nothing. If they're right now, they should have been right then.
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My point was that he had a financial incentive to sign in Calgary that was ultimately worth an extra $5M for him. He couldn't get that anywhere else.
As a UFA in two years, he will likely get, more or less, the same contract from a number of teams. Since finances will likely not be the deciding factor, he can look almost completely to where he wants to play. There were other considerations last time.