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Originally Posted by Beninho
If the Flames are this deep in discussions with the wings wouldn’t it signal he’s open to signing there? I’m not sure how teams handle these things but whats the point for Conroy to entertain this offer knowing Ras won’t sign. He must have signalled he’s at least open to a discussion with Detroit on a contract
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Not necessarily, last year the canes traded for rantanen and took the chance and he was unwilling to sign. So then you either treat him as a rental or flip him again. But if the market is hot for the player you can maybe do that.
With Hanifin if I recall correctly he already had a very short trade list and interest was tepid so the flames let him and his agent talk to teams in hope of getting more back but it backfired because he treated it like early ufa season, seelected a deal and market, said he would only sign with Vegas afterwards and Vegas had the flames in a bad situation where other teams were only offering rental prices knowing he would never sign there.