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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
I'm not so sure that is set in stone. If it were determined, for instance, that he has a desire to play at home in Ottawa, I could see both teams looking at a trade that made sense for both clubs. Ottawa needs an upgrade on the blueline and the Flames certainly would not want to risk going down the path they did with Guadreau and not being able to trade such a high end asset late in the season.
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Stone? Maybe not. But almost a certainty.
You don't make the moves the Flames made this year and then move a top pairing defender and weaken your blueline just before camp or early in the season.
He's their rental.
Or he signs and the whole conversation goes away (which will be the case)