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Originally Posted by ComixZone
If the risk of Chucky accepting his QO or signing an offer sheet was significant enough to require this filing…I don’t like our odds of ending up with a long-term extension.
If he doesn’t want to be here, just trade him.
One star leaves, and now we have to use legal avenues to (potentially) maintain our other star’s rights…I mean, things aren’t exactly going great.
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As others have said, the QO actually likely wasn't a bad thing for the Flames. Means he was likely open to playing here, as he'd know the Flames have the option to match. From the Flames perspective the compensation if they didn't want to match was have been good.
I agree with you on the QO part though, and probably the more likely reason they did this. Which means trade him if that was the risk. But if that's where they are at, there is 0 reason for the Flames not to do this, it's the right move. Gives them control and timeline on making a trade.