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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Toffoli and Zadorov were exceptions this year. They only “wanted out” when it was clear the Flames would be re-signing them.
And you can argue that Lindholm, Hanifin, and Tanev are all exceptions as well. People take “we tried to sign them” as evidence that they wanted out, but it’s pretty easy to argue that Conroy set what he thought was a fair contract and was happy to trade them if they wanted more than that.
They’re all situations where you can say they all wanted out, but when you look at why they wanted out, it’s pretty clear that trading them was on the table for the Flames before it got to that point. And Markstrom is a pretty good example of a player that never asked to leave and they still explored trading.
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I assume this should have been "wouldn't be".
I think with any pending UFA, Conroy would be foolish not to at least have extension discussions. It tells him what they want, it tells other teams that it's not a fire sale, it lets him know what teams would be able to afford an extended player, it hopefully keeps the players motivated.
Just like every pending UFA says (truthfully or not) "sure I would re=sign (at the right price)", Conroy can say to players "we'd extend you (at the right price).