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Thread: Trying to be realistic on Fiala
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RazWild</b></div><div>He's a RFA, not UFA. He has no say in where he goes. GM's will simply inquire as to whether he'd be willing to sign long-term.

AND GIVEN HE'S WANTED A LONG-TERM CONTRACT FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS.

If it's offered at his asking price, he'll sign.

And your theory only works if there are only two teams asking.

There'll be more than that. The more teams asking the better for Guerin and for Fiala.</div></div>

You are right that Fiala has no say in where he goes. But like the Devils, no GM will trade premium assets if he doesn't know whether he can extend the player or not.

So the bidding war is only on if Fiala shows clear intentions to sign with a potential suitor - otherwise the price will stay low (or lower at least).

Not the best example here, but still with some similarities is the Hall trade from BUF to BOS. Hall, due to his NMC, had the right to limit the market and thus the price was kept low. Same principle with Fiala as long as he isn't open to resign with multiple teams (that also do have the assets MIN wants).