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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Is your point that in a situation where it would hard to be able to look at it objectively, it would be hard to be objective?
Of course you'd be upset if you were a Preds fan, or upset of Gaudreau did it to Calgary... because you're biased.
Being upset isn't the same as being right.
We've got exactly nothing to judge Vesey's class on and anyone who tries is petty. It's immature. This is a business.
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Obviously not. Some people just seemed to be looking at it only from the player's perspective, ignoring the fact that an organization and fanbase have a lot invested in the outcome as well. The way it's "supposed" to work is that the team has control over where a drafted player starts his career, then there's a balance after a few years when the player becomes a restricted free agent, then a player gets unrestricted control once they've put in the years of service to pay back the investment of a draft pick, resources and time that a team has put into them.
Guys like Vesey who take a shortcut to unrestricted free agency do so at the expense of everyone else. It's pretty much the definition of selfishness. You can disagree with the majority of fans who don't like to see moves like this if you want, but to call us petty and immature seems a bit, well, petty and immature.