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Originally Posted by Bingo
I guess duped ... not sure I'd use that word.
I think they have a public and private message, and they're not the same.
But the public message is necessary (in their minds) to protect the relationship of the veteran in question. The team is losing, so it's only a matter of time until the dialogue starts and they get the player approaching them.
Based on Kadri's appearance on Saturday I think that's already happened in his case.
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I don't know - I think if it was more of a one off then I'd agree with you.
But the way local media is really hammering the point home, and then also following it up with how it would be foolish to trade these guys anyways since they are so important to the culture, and for young players to learn from etc etc.
To me it plays off way more as Steinberg and Francis trying to sell the fan base on this for the organization because they know fans aren't going to react well if they don't move off more veterans.
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Originally Posted by traptor
It sounds like a weird standoff.
Teams are showing interest but not making an offer.
The Flames are waiting for an offer to blow them away.
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Rule number 1 of negotiating is don't negotiate with yourself.
If you call the Flames with an offer and they just say "No, that offer isn't good enough and we don't want to move these players" without any indication of what it would actually take to move that player, or indication of a willingness to move that player then you're not just going to turn around and offer up a better offer.