A pending free agent, who has a decent agent who has ties with the Dregers and Mackenzie’s etc, can get the momentum going for their client in the media with a few text messages.
Scott Hannan was the classic case of this years back, an average defenseman with debatable potential, and he got hyped for months until free agency as a guy that so many team should require, and Colorado then paid severely for him that summer 4 y $18m, and that was in 10 years ago $.
Hannan scored 5 goals and was -24 in less than 4 y before the Avalanche traded him.
OEL became a topic really only when, surprise surprise, the Coyotes travelled through Toronto and an eastern swing, and the media shills had a chance to throw his name out there as a “top” free agent that is undervalued and can be pried away from Phx.
Last edited by browna; 01-05-2018 at 09:31 PM.
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