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Originally Posted by Hackey
Yes I don't think he was diligent in pursuing a better deal from Carolina or St Louis in comparison to what they initially offered, not in comparison to what Florida offered. We know the trade happened in 4 days. We know he had to have initial talks with Tkachuk, initial talks with all teams on his list, actually work out the Florida deal, allow Tkachuk to work out the contract. I'd say it's safe to say negotiations with St Louis and Carolina were a small percentage of those 4 days. So ya I don't think he saw their best offers. AGAIN, not saying he could have got a better deal than Florida's, I'm saying he likely could have got a better deal than their initial offers. I think both St Louis and Carolina could have gave packages with way more youth which I think would have been better for the team in the long run, even if it wasn't as good in the short term. The Flames likely don't go out and sign Kadri in that scenario too.
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StL and CAR had the opportunity to give their best offers. Those best offers fell short. Spending hours and days negotiating back and forth wouldn’t have changed anything.