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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
This is such a good point, can’t imagine the flames would want to upset Markstrom which this situation could potentially do; you’d think management would have cleared that aspect with ownership before approaching the player to waive. Approaching a player to waive basically means there was a deal in place in which the players/prospects involved were acceptable for both teams so it just seems odd to me that retention was the wrinkle.
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Outside the NTC that would be the most significant hurdle to a trade that you would want to clear.
It's like making an offer to a free agent having them accept and going back to them and saying sorry my owner said I can't spend that money.