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Originally Posted by Jay Random
You mean like how the Flames are the only team that would ever lose a Panarin to free agency?
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Well they are the only team who lost a Panarin to a team that lost a Panarin. But no, my comment has nothing to do with Gaudreau, just the general way things are run by the hockey management department. Not sure why they would need more time to sign a longterm contract, they theoretically were negotiating with Tkachuk for the past 2 months. But I guess it is possible that they need more time to negotiate. I can't remember the last time a team took such a high profile player to arbitration one year out from UFA status. The entire decision is perplexing unless they are shopping a trade and did not want to trade a player signed to a one year contract.