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Originally Posted by Torture
Haven't you heard? Other GMs don't like working with him. He rubs them the wrong way!
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That part is pretty funny, as it seems like lots of GMs want to work with the Flames. The problem is that they also want the Flames to give up valuable assets like Kylington, Bennett, Valimaki, Andersson, 1st round picks, etc....
GMs are in a business where they need to maximize their returns on all assets. The future of franchises worth 100s of millions of dollars depends on it. GMs will put business first.
You'd also be surprised how many of these guys are complete A-holes. At any high level of management like this, particularly in sports, you are going to end up with a distilled group of people who rub other people the wrong way habitually. That's kind of how you get ahead in these environments.
Back on topic. Any GM paying big money for FAs is making a massive mistake this season. The only good target was Hall. Arizona overpaid for him and still might miss the playoffs. He will definitely test the UFA market.