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Originally Posted by Inferno
Bean admitted they considered it. Then the Huberdeau/Weegar offer came up and they decided to go that route.
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All I recall Bean saying is that one of the deals they had on the table was a "rebuilding" type of deal, and that they would have taken it. The second part about the Huberdeau offer coming in later and insisting Treliving takes that deal instead, was something some people implied. I am not sure if I believe that though. I think it is just as likely that he had both deals on the table and had autonomy to take the one he thought was best, and he went with Huberdeau.
As Hackey mentioned, they were pissed off and embarrassed after the Gaudreau exit and Tkachuk saying he wasn't re-signing, so ego took over. I also would bet it was Trelving's ego that played a big role. I think he was already planning his own exit strategy from the Flames at that point and didn't want to do a "futures" kind of deal. He wanted to make a big splash to keep his reputation and didn't care about the team a few years down the road at that point.