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Calgary Flames fans have been nervously waiting for Johnny Gaudreau to be inked to a contract extension.

Tensions rose over the weekend when Elliotte Friedman interviewed Gaudreau’s agent, Lewis Gross.

“Our last conversation with the Flames was on Sept. 9,” Gross told Friedman. “We were told we’d get a call in two days. It hasn’t happened. Next Friday will be a month.”

Gross also told Friedman that his client had no intention of asking for a trade at that time, and that he wanted to stay in Calgary.

Friedman/Gaudreau: "I think this gets done. I think it gets done before the season. I just can't tell you what the number is." #Flames — Chris Nichols (@NicholsOnHockey) October 3, 2016

NHL Insider Darren Dreger had a brief appearance on Toronto’s TSN 1050 Tuesday morning, and near the end of the radio hit he was asked if Gaudreau and the Flames were close to a deal.

“Inching closer to a deal,” Dreger said. “I’m not going to say that it’s imminent. The timing of this is predictable, of course. It’s less about the preseason, and more about being in the lineup for the regular season.

“This is a delicate one. It has been throughout this negotiation. I’m sure Calgary would have preferred to get him under $7 million per year on an extension – a lengthy extension. I think it’s going to be 7-plus.

“But it sounds like it’s going to happen within days.”

Source: TSN 1050/ Transcript: Nichols

22 minutes of Friedman, from this morning, expanding on his Gaudreau piece from Sunday. #Flames https://t.co/89vjXFUdCs — Chris Nichols (@NicholsOnHockey) October 3, 2016

Dreger: Sounds like Gaudreau extension will happen ‘within days’