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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Excellet article, Bingo. You hit on something in this that I never really considered, but I think you are dead-on:
I think #2 might be closer to the truth than #1, since Gross has been representing NHL players of various stripes outside of elite-level players for a couple decades now. Surely he is no stranger to negotiations with team managers.
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I think both could be true given his list of current and past clients (firms not his specifically)
you don't need to apply too many pressure points in deals with average NHLers, compared to an impact player that a team needs so the ham handed world cup thing seemed like new territory.
and yeah for sure they need to nail it out of the park to get the next star in the door.