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Originally Posted by Lord Carnage
As you stated above, choice #1 is to allow him to sit... well, as I pointed out, that does NOTHING to help the Lightning get good trade value to him, so they wouldn't want that.
So choice #2 is to let him just walk away from the team... obviously no better for the Lightning. Worse? Maybe, but everyone is going to be asking why they aren't playing the kid?
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Yes it is worse. Someone asks why is he sitting you simply say "we think we're close on a deal and we don't want to risk an injury scuttling the deal"... according to Drouin's agent that was what they told him (that they were close on a deal) so let him sit out a few games and continue to practice. If the deal falls through, you tell him that a deal is no longer close, and if he still refuses to play then by all means suspend him (because by that point no one will buy that a trade is close).
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Seeing as both are bad, why should they have his trade value hurt but allow Drouin to come out smelling like a rose by picking the option that is better for him?
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You just said why... because it allows Drouin to "come out smelling like a rose". What would you rather buy, a product that smells like a rose or a product that smells like manure? It's in the Lightnings best interests for Drouin to "smell" as good as he possibly can. Yes both are bad... but the avenue they chose was worse.