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Originally Posted by saillias
how many weeks or months of begging Lindholm do you think it will take before he either signs for 9 bloody million or says no thank you. I don't understand this. On a contender he's the 4th or 5th most important player.
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I think one thing that's missing is what is driving the urgency of putting a line in the sand for either side right now? Versus, still weighing it out.
For Lindholm, what reason does he have to make up his mind now? The answer is none, unless the Flames are willing to pull the offer they have made. Which brings us to the next points.
What urgency do the Flames have now to pull the offer? The answer is probably none. They likely had some urgency around the Draft and Free agency day, IF, the deals available to them were worth moving on. I'm going to guess (although I might be wrong) that if a deal that was worth parting with Lindholm for, was out there for Conny to take around the draft or Free Agency day, he would have taken it, given Lindholm hasn't signed. I'm sure Conny has a list of outcomes, that near the top is a certain trade package for Lindholm, and Lindholm signing at a certain rate. Unfortunately, neither of those materialized it appears, so we wait.
I think the notion of Conroy is NOT doing anything because he's waiting on Lindholm is silly. No one is begging him, just the triggers for action haven't been met. Lindholm hasn't signed, and he has no urgency too at the moment, and won't until the start of the season. And as much as Conroy doesn't want to start the season with him un-signed or not traded, the trade packages likely weren't worth it. So unfortunately we wait, and have to accept that Plan A didn't work out. Hopefully Plan B will at some point.