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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I don't see how these situations are at all comparable, but I will humor you.
1. They tried to trade Brodie.
2. They never indicated they were attempting to resign brodie. But if they were, attempting to trade him prior to doing so only to be foiled by another players NMC, that likely soured negotiations somewhat. This would give them an opportunity to shop around.
3. They offered Tanev a contract after free agency opened. We know that because there were interviews from Tanev about how the process went. He was still negotiating with Vancouver and thought he might resign there still.
4. Flames ended up signing Tanev
But I don't see how anyone could say they had an alternative to Brodie locked in. Until he signed on the dotted line, it was just as likely as not that we would have no replacement for Brodie, and any suggestion to the contrary would constitute an accusation of tampering as Tanev was still a vancouver player.
So my reflection remains the same. I think they've thought of potential alternatives, but it's patently false to say they've locked anything in. They can't have.
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Of course they don't have anything locked in - any player locked in would already be on the roster.
But that is not what contingency means. Contingency plans are what you pursue after Plan A fails. And there is zero doubt they have multiple contingency plans - it is literally what they do for a living.
Some possible contingency plans:
1) Forsberg
2) Debrincat (now off the table)
3) Kadri
4) trade Tkachuk and rebuild
... etc
You seem to want contingency plans to be executed now, before Plan A has fallen through.