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Originally Posted by Bingo
Gut feel ... mostly.
But the guy has said he wants to be here twice.
The guy has always been loyal.
His family seems to support him staying.
Calgary has the extra year.
He seems to be one of those guys that get comfortable in a setting.
His demeanor on the ice doesn't look like a guy leaving.
The fact he wasn't signed or traded leads me to believe he and the team know where this is going.
I almost went with 75%
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Just to play devils advocate, every UFA says they want to stay, what else can they say? I can't remember any that say they are leaving during the season. What they do say is, I'm not talking contract during the season, which is usually followed by, I'm really happy here. Once the season is over they hum and ha for a few weeks before letting everyone know they what to see what other offers are out there. Sure Landaskog waited till the eve of free agency but we all know that agents start talking prior to that and they probably knew what other offers were going to be before resigning with Avs.
The bolded, like you said are gut feel. No evidence of anything one way or another, family will always say the same message as the player.
My opinion is his chance of staying 35%, he's the big fish in this off season, might be some big offers.