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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Remember the agent works for the player not the other way around. Gaudreau will decide how close things get to the wire. I sense he’s not going to hold the Flames hostage if he plans on testing the waters.
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Sure, they are are working for the player, but agents have a hugely underrated impact on player decisions. These are kids in their 20s with limited education. All the info is filtered through the agent. When you hear "the player and the team are talking" it's probably not actually the player. Actual discussions are usually just via the agent, and they hold down that role carefully - the last thing they often want is their client hearing directly from a GM, because that loses them control and influence. And you just have to look at agents and their histories to see patterns in how similarly their clients have handled contract negotiations.