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Originally Posted by Bingo
Glencross is coming to one of those really interesting cross roads in his career, and I see it as having two options.
1) Go the highest bidder in the summer, and then struggle and become Bourque like with an anvil for a ticket that teams constantly shuffle around.
2) Think outside the box and sign for less in a good situation and have a contract that affords him some wiggle room in not having to produce 20 goals and 50 points every season.
They usually choose 1) but I think agents need to start thinking 2) more often.
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Agents are leeches. They get more if they get their clients more, so money is virtually always the primary motivating factor for an agent. It is the player who has to say "I will only play in these cities, even if it means taking less."