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Originally Posted by ComixZone
They were forced into every single one of those trades after they were rejected by nearly all of those players. Then the reality sets in that teams who want to acquire players like the ones we traded aren’t subtracting from their current rosters - yet, when the Flames could get “now” pieces, they made sure they did. Including Kuzmenko in the Lindholm trade and not flipping him negatively impacted the Flames draft position, as did not trading Markstrom, as did keeping Noah as long as they did and trying to sign him right up until the week before they were forced to trade him.
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Not sure I agree.
I think they were happy to talk contract with all of the players, as you suggest.
But part of the reason deals didn't get done is because they set parameters for said contracts and then didn't budge.
Toffoli term.
Tanev term.
Zadorov lack of interest?
It wasn't a "please sign here at any cost" proposition leaving them jilted at every turn.
The only overpay that looked to be happening was Lindholm from what I could put together.
Wanting Tanev back but not budging on say two years max isn't being jilted. It's making an asset decision.