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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Sounds like the same thing that happened with Toffoli. Players that wanted to leverage the team for big paydays and then wanted to ply their trade somewhere else once it became apparent that they weren't in the long term plans.
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In Zadorov's case, I think he was legitimately interested in staying, moreso than the other UFAs we still have. Toffoli knew straight out in the spring he wasn't going to be back here and got moved.
For Zadorov, he was patient but the waiting to see what the Flames would offer never came in the offseason, and then his hope for a early extension ended with the alledged decree from Edwards to pull any extension talk from any player, at the outdoor game, given the way the Flames were playing the first 3 weeks. With that uncertainty his agent can't bite his tounge any more and lets loose with the public demand less than 2 weeks later.
Ironically, the Flames, outside of maybe 1 or 2 games, have looked far better as a team since the outdoor game.