[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

https://x.com/nhltradealert/status/1...Id-kuUoekIUv4A

Friedman states the reason the Flames pulled out of the trade was due to how good they were playing and not retention. I am sure that will rile up some of the fanbase

Friedman does not "state" that, he states he heard that...

Quoting Pete Moss from the trade rumour thread:

by the way, I'll also say this, I know a lot of people, including myself believe the deal fell apart over retention or what Calgary considered the proper price over retention. On Saturday, someone else said to me that they heard that it wasn't even that, so much as Calgary just saw how Markstrom was going and how the team was starting to go and they just said look we can make the playoffs and we're not doing this. So there's a second reason that this may have fallen apart.

So, someone told something to someone, who then told something to Friedman. Not exactly "facts" in my mind.