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Old 02-13-2024, 10:50 AM   #487
Paulie Walnuts
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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack View Post
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.
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.
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