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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
So he wanted to be traded by the answer he gave the team without saying trade me?
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Not re-signing long-term is not at all the same as asking for a trade. There’s nothing to suggest that he wouldn’t have gone to arbitration, took his one year deal and then walked to UFA as was his rights that was so very obviously going to be exercised when he signed several years ago.
By informing the team it gave them a chance to get Huberdeau, Kadri and Weegar. Agreeable enough outcome for all parties it would seem.