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Originally Posted by keratosis
Isn't saying you won't resign when your contract is over and asking for a trade before your contract is over pretty much the same thing?
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I suppose? But the point is that Sven could say "I'm just not re-signing. If you don't trade me I'll go play in Europe."
Jankowski doesn't have that same leverage. He's probably not willing to play in Europe indefinitely if not traded.
Gio played in the KHL for one year because of a contract dispute. I could see Jankowski doing something like that (if necessary), but he's never going to go to Europe full time.
If Janko is unwilling to go to Europe full-time, then the Flames would still retain his rights whenever he decided to come back to North America.