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Originally Posted by kipperiggy
We are far more likely to retain on Hanifin and Tanev than we are on guys with multiple years left.
We also still need to field a team and can't trade everyone. Why would we trade the guy that actually picked us without a massive overpay?
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Retaining on a rental at the deadline likely doesn't change their value much if anything. Retain on Markstrom or Coleman and their value likely drastically changes. When they're both having career years which might not be replicated again, it would make sense to at least get an idea of the returns out there. The team is in a rebuild. Players understand what happens in rebuilds. The same way they have handled Markstrom they could with Coleman if they wanted. I don't think that has any negative impact on how the Flames are viewed. It could very well work out beneficial for both sides.