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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't think tampering happens either, but players talk. Agents talk. Team officials talk. It seems obvious to me that in the time leading up to free agency Gaudreau will have a clear idea about what sort of offers are coming, and from whom.
I just don't think there is any rush from either side to get a deal signed until after the SCF. I very much doubt that the Flames are panicking at this point.
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Agreed. I think they just didn't get far enough during the previous off-season and Gaudreau maybe rightly wanted to improve his numbers (which doesn't mean just for other teams). They went dark in the season and assuming he went for a decompress for a week or so after the second round exit, they've probably only just restarted talking.
This process is a lot more formulaic and businesslike than a lot of people assume, if the soap opera stuff some people describe here is any indication. Treliving especially seems to approach negotiations from a pretty standardized method.