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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Most teams interested in obtaining talent at the deadline are cap strapped, so trading players who are close to contributing is likely a tough sell for them. They need those cheap players coming along as they cannot afford to sign fill those roles in UFA. That's why in the majority of cases, it's draft picks that get traded. And it's likely that if prospects are included, it won't be blue chip ones.
At the end of the day, the market for Lindholm and Hanifin won't be set by Conroy, it will be set by the demand for those players.
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Every team in the race will be able to take on either Lindholm or Hanifin at the deadline with retention. Thier cap hits will be incredibly low at that point. There hypothetically should be vast interest from at least 10 teams for each player and a bidding war should arise. They don't even have overly exaggerated NTC that block potential bidders either (no trade protection at all for Lindy and 8 team no trade list for Hanifin).
All of this is hypothetical of course but the Flames have to play hardball and set the price that they want. With the amount of attention that both will generate the Flames have to act accordingly.