https://flamesnation.ca/news/a-marke...elias-lindholm
Dec. 22, 2023
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Pierre LeBrun discussed possible trade fits for Lindholm. He noted that discussions between the Flames and Lindholm’s camp have been quiet, but cautioned that it might not necessarily mean anything:
“The Flames haven’t told him they’re definitely moving him. And Lindholm hasn’t told the Flames he definitely wants out, so there is that. But I do think he’s going to get dealt closer to March 8, and the two teams that come to mind for me are the Boston Bruins and the Colorado Avalanche, both could use that fit.”
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So they never planted the For Sale sign for Lindholm according to Insider. Less than 6 weeis later...
https://www.nhl.com/news/elias-lindh...calgary-flames
Quote:
"Obviously I've been communicating with teams all year, but probably after Saturday morning, I talked to Patrik and they came with an offer," Calgary general manager Craig Conroy told NHL.com Wednesday. "I think I talked to a lot of teams and it was more, 'What are you looking for?' and 'What are you thinking about?' conversations. They threw a real offer at me, and I circled back with all the other teams just to kind of work through to see where we were at.
"[We] went back to Vancouver, we added things. We went back and forth, the negotiation process, trying to get more to see what deal worked for both sides. Probably today we got right down to the end. I circled back with all the other teams and they put their best offers forward, and this deal just made the most sense to me."
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Crazy that the best return that Conroy has received so far as GM didn't follow some weird fan-fiction script someone made up to support being angry. That's so weird to me.