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There is no rush as far as July 8 or August 8 or September 8, as much as fans want resolution, for players in that situation.

Players all over the league aren't happy with various changes at their club each offseason. Their initial opinions change as the summer goes on, one way or another. Sounds like these same players upset this year were unsure last year, especially after the high profile departures and again this year with the regime change. Time away from the rink helps makes those decisions as things may not seem as dire as they did after not making the playoffs.

While I'm of the opinion that if these guys didn't want to be here in exit interviews, and still don't want to be there after the supposed reason for their angst in Sutter is gone, they should be moved. None of the guys on the fence is untouchable (Tanev would be the one I'd prefer to keep if I had to choose one).

That all said, Conroy also has to, as Treliving did with JG and MT, not push too hard if they do want to keep players, of course not to push the players away. Time over the summer the decision will come naturally to the players, but Flames not pushing also shows agents and other players in the league that the Flames aren't going to force their supposed valued players into something with a hard deadline.

That's obviously a slippery slope by letting it go too long and losing value, but forcing a July 10th deadline on Hanifin or Lindholm to decide if they are going to be here 355 days later, would be viewed as aggressive and unreasonable by other players considering the Flames, and Flames don't want to burn bridges like that.