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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
"Hey Johnny, we have determined that if you're not signed by the draft we're going to have to move on given the uncertainty. Here's our final and best offer for 8 years. Feel free to counter until the draft, but if you aren't signed by then we're going into rebuild mode which includes moving veterans out who want to be moved/can find spots for them."
If he doesn't sign then, it's no longer 50%. It's closer to 0%. Which was what it was looking like always. We're just finding out at a different time in this scenario.
The rumour which apparently is true is that they gave the Flames an offer to match, they matched it in the 11th hour and he still balked.
Seems like Treliving was doing his own hardballing to save a couple grand off the cap. Respectful goal, but missing the forest for the trees. Better to go into the draft with a certainty (whether that was signing Gaudreau at 10.5M instead of that 10M they wanted to get him at) or knowing he was actually leaving.
And I strongly disagree with you about your posts, you started off condescending and never let up.
Even now you refuse to acknowledge that I never cared about the return for Gaudreau. I cared about the certainty at the draft to plan accordingly.
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I see where you're coming from on making a hard deadline prior to the draft. It's possible the Flames considered doing that too, but considered it not worth it. What is the value of going into the draft with certainty? It could be close to nothing. I don't know what the Flames would have done differently going into the draft if they let Gaudreau walk before then. More hinges on the Tkachuk situation I would say.