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Originally Posted by homestand
A co-worker told me this story over a week ago and said he heard it on TSN.
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Originally Posted by saillias
It sounds like overdramatic BS to me
What's more likely is that we just offered a better package than everyone else. Easy to go to the media after losing out on a trade and whining "our package was so much better"
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It was discussed by many reputable reporters (including Friedman I believe) that the oilers offered more. It's also public knowledge that Chiarelli let Sweeney know he'd be offer sheeting Hamilton.
We don't know Sweeney's motives, but it's not impossible