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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Sorry but I could not resist commenting on the old "hill to die on" cliche. I'm not sure the Sens are dying on a hill here. Requiring a 7th round pick to honor his contract is probably not Napoleon's Waterloo or Custer's
Last Stand.
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I meant that in the context of any future dealings between the player and the club. You dig your heels in on this issue and any and all future negotiations are going to be a battle.
If hes absolutely dead-set on going home then ship the kid back to Sweden for the season and try again next year. Presumably if he goes to Sweden he isnt getting paid, sure he got his signing bonus, but thats it.
And the thing is, a 7th round pick is a throw-away, if they get anything out of it at all its practically a miracle, one season of playing in Europe isnt going to kill him or the Sens and at the end of the day he doesnt want to be here, so what can you do? You can play hardball and get nothing for their investment of his signing bonus and potential transfer fee or they can take that time to get him up to expectations next year.
The 'hill to die on' comment basically means that with actions and words like this, its a scorched earth policy and I dont see that it really needs to be.
Hell, until the emergence of this thread I'd never even heard of this kid.