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Originally Posted by Rhett44
Dreger just confirmed again on Barn Burner that Kadri would be gone if Conroy was willing to retain salary. But at this point we are not willing to retain salary.
What a joke lol.
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Well, there is one retention spot. If Coleman is attracting better offers than Kadri is, and retention is needed on those deals, then why would Conroy retain on Kadri?
I would think that is one of the hold ups. The Flames are trying to move both players with the combined best return, but have to choose one to retain on. So you’re waiting on better offers on either without the retention and/or an even better offer on one with the retention.
The demand for Coleman has been rumored to be high, but I would presume those offers are based on retention.
Would you retain on Kadri to take a subpar offer and torpedo the potential Coleman deals? Kadri has more years left - can move him at the draft or even the next trade deadline. Now, if offers for Kadri with retention are far better than Coleman and a good deal for Coleman that doesn’t need retention is on the table, then maybe it goes that way.
As early as 2-3 weeks ago, I recall one of the media saying we might only be able to move one or the other, simply because the Flames run out of time at the deadline. I didn’t understand that early observation at the time, but I do now. The best deal for either player may come too close to the deadline and use retention. Maybe you could get the 2nd deal done if you could find a 3rd team to take retention, but then is there time to pull that together still?
At the end of the day, it is the combined value for both players, and moving either one without retention is not likely to get the best offer. So you’re playing a waiting game on offers on both with and without retention. If the offer on X without retention is garbage, you only move one of them.
Seems prudent to me.