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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
My issue with Erixon was that he wasn't honest with the organization. No player has an obligation to sign with the team that drafted them. They are within their rights to not sign and re-enter the draft. So if he had gone to the Flames and said "look I'm going to be honest - I'm not signing with you under any circumstances"...that's fine. Cruddy in some ways but at least honest.
But he strung them along, expressed some concerns, and as the Flames addressed those concerns he changed his reasons for not signing.
That's why the guy can F off.
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Originally Posted by kyuss275
I agree with everything you said. I do however wonder how much his dad and agent had to do with the whole situation?
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That's where the problem of him only willing to sign with New York came into play. It effectively reduced the Flames' list of potential trading partners to one. And yeah, obvious tampering was obvious. Worked out for Sather though. He managed to parlay Erixon into a piece for Nash before Erixon's NHL stock went the way of Bre-X.