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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Johnny is UFA, it’s not a negotiation. It’s a pitch. If Flames are waiting on a counter, it better be because they were promised one and IMO that’s unlikely at this point.
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It’s definitely a negotiation. He is not a UFA yet, so they are trying to negotiate the number (if there is one) that it would take for him not to go to UFA.
As I said earlier, 9.5M is an absolutely reasonable starting point IF Johnny intends to stay. It’s not complicated, if he wants to be here he’ll put a counter offer in. I think it makes sense that he hasn’t decided on what he wants to do yet, hence no counter. The moment he counters it basically means he’s willing to stay at the right price.