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Originally Posted by keenan87
I believe it was reported that Buffalo asked about both Tkachuk and Mangiapane - Calgary wasn't interested.
That is just plain ridiculous as both those players shouldn't have been untouchable for Eichel.
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These things get reported with very little context.
It has also been speculated that the reporting that Tkachuk wasn't offered or considered has been damage control after the Flames didn't get the player to avoid an issue with Tkachuk.
Or we don't know in what context the Sabres asked about Tkachuk.
If the Flames offered Monahan+Dube+Zary+1st the Sabres could have said "cool - swap out Monahan for Tkachuk" and that's what the Flames declined.
We just don't know enough to judge if the Flames made a bad call or not. So folks will look at it in a manner that supports their historic positions and biases (myself included).
It's part of the problem with the short and quick reporting. All we know is the Sabres asked about the inclusion of those players and the Flames weren't interested. That's not a lot to truly judge the situation.