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Originally Posted by Royle9
This point, from what I've heard on the inside is a bit misleading which bother's me slightly.
They aren't getting a lot of quality calls because they haven't formally made any player available, teams have no sense that these guys are 100% available right now.
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Yes, this is the issue. Teams don’t make serious offers until a player is put on the market. Real trade offers mean 7-9 experts (GMs, AGMs, presidents of hockey ops, pro scouts, amateur scouts, capologists, analytics guys, often the owner) on both teams need to do an analysis and weigh in. It’s a huge draw of resources. At that stage you’re also guaranteed leaks that get back to the player, agents get involved, and things can get really messy.
So teams rarely make real offers until a player is placed on the market by his team and everyone involved knows it’s serious. By all accounts, the Flames have not done this for Kadri or Coleman.