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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Holding out hope that he's suddenly going to change his tune and sign is a fools errand at this point. With all the media around this something would be out there by now that there are at least serious and meaningful discussions ongoing between both parties.
Honestly, if Treliving is still beating this drum and hasn't assessed the situation to be hopeless it would be equally as inexcusable from a management perspective.
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Except that’s not what anyone is doing. Nobody is “holding out hope that he’s suddenly going to change his mind”. All parties involved are well aware that the pressure point is this evening at 10:00pm Calgary time. Gaudreau doesn’t need to change his mind to sign a contract prior to this deadline. He and his agent only need to get closer to that deadline to assess how desperate the flames really are. Ie, will the flames make a last ditch increase?
On the other side, the Flames will see closer to 10:00 weather Johnny’s camp is really prepared to lose the 8th year and test free agency. It’s all a big game of chicken and nobody should be surprised that this thing is going down to the wire. Deals get made when we get close to these types of deadlines.