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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
This is true to an extent, but there can be a significant reputational cost to any organization that pursues this path (especially after year 1 of 7 as would be the case with Hayes). Everyone knows that it's a business, but the best organizations still extract value by building trust and loyalty.
Especially until the pandemic is resolved, anyone with a full NTC/NMC will tell that GM where to shove their request.
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Yeah, I agree. It would be pretty ham fisted for the Flyers to look to move Hayes. I also agree that sort of move would be notable among players and agents and not a good look for the organization. I disagree though with your point on the pandemic as it relates to NTC/NMC’s. every situation is different. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to see a player with a NTC/NMC moved this offseason.
Still the premise stands, I don’t see any plausible scenario where the Flyers move Couturier in a trade for Johnny Gaudreau without some significant others involved. Even then it makes no sense. If you have one of the league’s best two way C’s in his prime, you don’t move him.