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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The best chance to sign both was probably in the off-season. If you let the season start, then increasingly there is little benefit for them to not test UFA waters.
Both players, seemingly felt a little jilted by their former team, and were open to a team expressing confidence in wanting them long-term.
So yes the Flames could have done all that, but it takes on a massive risk that both walk as UFAs.
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Agreed on both. I’m speaking on Weegar specifically, who lacked the track record where I’d have rushed to sign him and instead try to get a longer look.