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Originally Posted by AR_Six
It's surprising to me to see people jumping to the conclusion that "of course Gillis is full of crap and no such deal or team exists".
The idea that a GM is flat out lying about a factual matter seems less than likely to me. I am used to GMs being dishonest about opinion matters - i.e. "We're very confident in our goaltending situation with Scrivens and Reimer", or "We have no current plans to do X" (well, what constitutes a "plan" in your mind?) and things that you can sort of fudge or equivocate on. That I can see. But someone coming out and saying something demonstrably untrue like "there is a deal in place with club X pending them doing something with a guy on their roster"? I guess Holmgren lied to an agent about the Richards trade but it just doesn't seem like something that happens terribly often.
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Nobody is saying he's flat out lying. What they are saying is that he's blowing smoke which is exactly what he is doing here. I don't doubt that he's discussed with a team that is very interested but can't make the deal unless they move a certain player/contract. That's what he said. However the fact he came out and said it is probably because the chances of that trade being completed is very slim or he would have kept his mouth shut and waited for the other team to move said player. GM's don't come out early and announce deals before they are complete which tells me this deal he talks of is of very remote possibility.