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Originally Posted by DionTheDman
Which would be fair in different circumstances. We were told that having X number of pending UFAs was an unacceptable situation yet we're still in the same boat.
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I think Conroy painted himself into a corner and will have to talk that line back a bit which I'm sure he will once September/training camp rolls around. I expect a line of "we're not going to firesale our assets, not going to trade for the sake of trading etc...".
If we are in a playoff position come the deadline, I further do not anticipate any moves to trade away Hanifin, Lindholm.
Backlund (as per my understanding) has earned the goodwill to walk away as he will be 35 next March and will have given 16 years of service to the organization.
I will say though ... if Flames are in a playoff spot and they bounce back....I expect Lindholm to sign long term. The only wildcard is Hanifin at that point.