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Originally Posted by Southside
In that case the delay on Johnny has the potential to become an issue, no? You have to think that is what was holding things up on Russell.
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Could have some dynamics with his team mates I guess if true. Also may have just cost Johnny a very very minor leverage point. Regardless of whether we wanted BT to do this or not, if Russell was a move he wanted to make but need to land the financials on Johnny first, the Oilers beating him to the punch on the trade may hurt Johnny's position a very tiny bit.
You don't materially let a desire to sign Russell impact a deal with your top player, but BT may have been feeling a little pressure to expedite even more prior to Russell signing up north. Now that's off the table, a little less pressure to rush on BTs part might not be best for JGs leverage.