It’s a sad time to be a Flames’ fan. The team’s best centre has received a very large and fair offer. He won’t sign. He seems to be waiting on the team improving in some way, but the team is capped out, and the team’s best left-handed defenceman has indicated he will not return. I suppose you could say that he’s hoping for a large, win-now return for Hanifin. But teams are lowballing the Flames for Hanifin because they know the Flames have to trade Hanifin before the deadline. So, it’s not surprising that Seravalli says the rumours around the league are that Lindholm is leaning towards leaving as well. And in this context, the team believes it can compete, and it is committed towards not rebuilding.
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