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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Unless you're going to try to negotiate their full deals it's kinda pointless in this case. As others have mentioned, you are just giving Huberdeau a grenade to blow up the deal if he simply doesn't want to leave (see Kadri, albeit a different kind of grenade). And FLA doesn't want to risk harming their relationship with the player if the deal doesn't actually go through.
If the pending FA is the most important player in the deal, then of course you want more certainty.
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Gotcha. So Calgary should be all concerned about Florida's needs and maintaining the relationship with their players rather than worrying about their own situation and protecting their own interests. Based on the information from Walsh the damage was done because the deal was not disclosed to the player prior to the deal being completed. The Flames should be worrying about getting their due diligence completed and let Florida worry about theirs.
It is somewhat concerning that someone in the Flames organization did not reach out to the players or their representatives to test the waters before making the deal. Certainly lends support to this is Treliving's show and Edwards is not involved in these operational functions, because Edwards would serve you your nuts on a platter if you made a deal like this without completing your due diligence.