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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Well a rumor I had heard was that the Flames really didn't want to go above $7-7.5M at the time (whether this was ownership or Treliving who knows).
I feel like if Gaudreau was at $8.5M for example and the Flames offered $8.25M that a deal probably gets done.
I can see both sides of that one - there were a lot of questions around Gaudreau at the time but even without hindsight $8.0 to $8.5M would have been fair for Gaudreau.
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I bet his agent, who was not an easy negotiator, would have put that offer in his pocket and counseled waiting for a while.