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Originally Posted by Jay Random
What, then? You believe Melnyk actually ordered his GM to get ripped off? Lol, Flash, come on now.
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I would bet that almost every team's owner gets involved in transactions from time to time. It might only be that they request the GM move in one direction or another, or decline to let the GM move in a direction, but I think some teams definitely have owners that meddle more than that. Melnyk being one for sure. The oilers picked Yak because the owner (and/or his kid) wanted him, even thought the scouts and management wanted Ryan Murray.
Here's an article from today about Aquilini's meddling ways:
https://thecanuckway.com/2018/09/22/...ferent-reason/
We saw it in Florida a couple years ago, and Carolina's new owner is said to be pretty hands on. Wang was always meddling with the Islanders.
It happens a lot.