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Originally Posted by browna
Blame him? He had the chance to sign anywhere in the league last year and he got the hard sell from Lowe, pulling in all these favours with calls from Wayne and Mess...and got duped into signing there to be part of that mess with no end in sight. Being in a medicated stupor like hs's talking tonight is probably a good day for him to deal with it.
Unlike Pronger, he doesn't have the pull to ask for his early exit.
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I don't think anyone had to convince him. He believed playing for the Oilers would allow him to have more ice time to rack up more points so he could ask for more for his 2nd contract.
He did it for the money.