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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Something imposed from Treliving's side could have been done. Treliving could have said the team would negotiate up to that point in time and do everything to sign him, but if he didn't reach a decision by then the team would move forward on the assumption he wasn't signing and would start shopping his rights and making other signings, committing that money elsewhere.
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And Gross would have said no, and reminded Treliving of the only 5 teams he was allowed to speak to without a waiver.
What other signings? Mangiapane and Tkachuk? Treliving isn't allowed to sign other players yet and certainly wasn't allowed to talk to pending UFAs a month ago or even now.