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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
There was the time and willingness by Gaudreau's camp to talk extension last summer - it was the Flames who weren't playing ball for what you have to assume was a lack of belief in the player. And for what? Maybe that deal was 8x8 instead of 10x8 after the season he just had? Hardly worth the gamble when your GM is constantly overpaying crummy UFA players to begin with.
Obviously you aren't trading him in season last year with the team a serious contender, but this is a classic reminder of why you take care of your business with your best players well ahead of UFA.
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I think this is the opposite of what happened, according to reports. The Flames made an offer and JG didn't want to discuss it. And 8x8 was the max that would have been offered back then - and rightly so.