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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Everyone said Kadri was an overpay at the time. Especially in this site. And he's a guy that actually prefers Canada. Coleman was also called an overpay for a middle 6er.
They didn't overpay for some others but they weren't really top UFAs either.
Stone turned them down flat. Gaudreau took less elsewhere.
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Kadri had the same offer from the Islanders, Coleman was fair value when it was signed IMO.
Stone wanted to go play for his junior coach / GM and on a team that had just made the finals. I've also heard that the Flames couldn't give him his $10M ask because they couldn't afford him with Tkachuk an upcoming RFA and Neal on the books, it still took Vegas $9.5M to sign him.
Gaudreau would have signed if the Flames actually prioritized him 12 months earlier but his dads health, COVID and his wife being pregnant changed it all.
In the end this organization has had no issues getting free agents to sign here when they actually had a strong young core, there isn't really any way to debate that.