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Originally Posted by Robbob
This narrative keeps getting pushed. Conroy in his interview after the Lindholm trade said he knew after initial contract talks in September/October that he was going to trade him.
From his own mouth around the 1:15 mark
All the media reports that they were still negotiating throughout the season, especially that report around Christmas where the were said to offer 9M, was just media speak so it didn't sewer the trade talks.
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I’m not sure what narrative you’re talking about. They had initial negotiations and lindholm was not happy with the offer but doesn’t mean that it wasn’t competitive. The team was pretty toxic at this point, his linemates left and he could have demanded more to stay on a sinking ship or he could have felt disrespected that he wasn’t receiving as much priority as the new guy who signed for 10.5 or the guys that left. Who knows.
My reply was to the original comment that the flames are somehow strategically low balling offers to avoid scrutiny by outsiders for trading away vets and rebuilding.