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Originally Posted by cannon7
Umm, sort of? Hyperbole aside, it is usually a good idea to have your vets think they're in your long term plans.
Even if they're not? Do you think the players and agents might not figure it out on their own when contracts aren't offered? Maybe they'd appreciate the club being transparent with them.
Especially if a quarter of your roster is pending UFAs. Probably advisable to re-sign some of them? Not all, some.
But you're right, having Conroy slam the brakes on a Hanifin extension, then having that leak to the media is a work of genius.
Do you have a source for where the leak came from? Can Conroy somehow keep the agents from leaking it?
Now we have Hanifin, Lindholm, Tanev, Zadorov, etc. most of which are at o near lows in terms of trade value heading to UFA. I'm sure Conroy will get a real haul of assets for them. |
The market for the UFA's will be determined by the # of buyers out there and how motivated they are for these players that the Flames have on offer. Whether it is Zadorov stating he wants to leave or the rest of them being unsigned, all it does is reduce the # of teams in the bidding by one - the Calgary Flames.