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Originally Posted by The Cobra
That would be foolish. It's always better for the player to essentially have full control. He can them waive for what he considers his best situation. Plus, he puts extreme pressure on the Flames to blow him out of the water with an offer he just can't turn down. It's all about leverage, and Johnny would be foolish to decrease his leverage in this situation.
And it may not be just "a couple of months". It could be for the whole year. And I assume he needs to provide the list at the start of the year, or perhaps Calgary needs to request it. It varies.
It's pretty commonplace for players with a short list of teams they can be traded to to put all or most teams on the list who have zero interest in a rental player. Although they may put one team on that they love, which in Johnny's case would presumably be Philly.
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I don't think we disagree much here. I think Gaidreau will list Philly, plus 4 teams he wouldn't mind being rented to. Or maybe 2 or three plus Vancouver and Edmonton.