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Originally Posted by tkflames
Agreed...but at the time and especially the following summer when Regehr broke both legs...that was hugely underwhelming. Over time, that transaction probably turned into one of the better ones in Flames history. Could be a valid lesson for now.
I go to my original stance on this. Lewis Gross is known for squeezing the team for maximum leverage (see Nylander and Gaudreau last contract). Unless Gaudreau intervenes, this deal gets done the day before free agency because that's the maximum day for leverage before the 8th year gets done. I am sure the flames imposed a draft deadline so that they could "explore options"...but everyone knows it's a fake sense of urgency. You are not trading Gaudreau for a 3rd so that someone else can try to sign him...
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He also held out Krug in Boston as an RFA. Krug did walk as a UFA from Boston last year but that was because Boston decided to cut him loose for financial reasons.