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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Great. Then you're never getting any of those players.
GMs don't improve their teams by hanging up the phone and laughing at each other.
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GMs don't improve their teams by saying "I'm not willing to move those players" when teams call to inquire about potential trade options.
If you want to get good value you need to help create a market, not close it down.
The point is there is absolutely no benefit in saying "we aren't willing to trade the player" unless there is only 1 team a player is willing to be traded to and you need to play a bit of chicken.
People can act like this is some masterclass in negotiation by Conroy but I'm not.
Instead I'm going to take what all of Steinberg, Francis, Dreger, Friedman, LeBron, Pagnotta, etc have said at face value. Literally every one of those insiders has said the Flames aren't willing to move those players unless they ask to moved, and that the Flames believe this is a 1 year abberation.
My guess is that info isn't neccessary coming just from the Flames side of things, but also from the side of the other GMs who have inquired and have likely been promptly shut down on those players availability.