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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I admit I only read the initial quotes you put up and after reading Murray is doing what is within the team's rights it's not like he's a core player that has decided to bail on the team. It's a young man that maybe realized he's not comfortable living and playing in North America at this time. IMO this can be handled much more gracefully as I don't see the upside of trying to force a young player into something he's not comfortable with. I'm of the opinion if a player doesn't want to be on the team you move on to players that do.
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Maybe a bit coming from Melnyk.
The senators paid a $80k signing bonus to the kid on July 1st.
Remember there were stories about how pissed Melnyk was that Heatley forced a trade after Heatley's signing bonus had to be paid out by the Senators. Granted $80k is a different order of magnitude than the millions Heatley got, but Melnyk could be mad that the kid is only leaving after getting his signing bonus for this upcoming season and not deciding to leave before it was paid out.