Yeah if ownership/Bean/whoever blocked the deal on the premise of multi year retention, or the value of multi year retention I get it.
If the business guy is blocking the trade himself based on thinking they're in a playoff race it's a huge concern.
I'm not going to guess which if any is true.
They made the deals they needed to make with their UFAs. They seem to have done pretty well with the pro scouting in in who they brought back. And they retained on two deals putting the "Flames won't retain" theory to bed.
If they felt Jersey was dealing in an unscrupulous way (Fitz seemed pretty emotional about things), or that the offers will be better next summer then you have wait and see. They have to act in that fashion if that was the case.
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