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Originally Posted by Ashasx
The way I interpreted Dreger's tweet is that the team is shopping him. I have no problems with the team listening to offers (and they should for all players) but it sure seems that, even if the Flames don't trade Jooris, he won't be back next season.
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Doesn't seem sure to me at all. If no one wants to overpay for Jooris they may be very happy to bring him back. I wouldn't assume just because they are willing to move him that they don't like him, that could be a bad assumption.
The trade deadline is a unique opportunity to offload players at inflated prices. The Flames have rarely been pure sellers at the deadline so it makes sense to shop any non-core players to see their value. If someone wants to overpay then you deal these non-essential guys.
Treliving wouldn't be doing his job if he wasn't listening to offers on all non-essential players since we find ourselves one of few sellers in a sellers market.