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Originally Posted by GioforPM
why would that be? the biggest money is still from Calgary.
I read this as Treliving using what public pressure he can legitimately use to get a response. He's basically saying they need to come back with a counter. Or a "no, please improve your offer".
You see this all the time from player agents. "We put our request in but haven't heard back". It's an attempt to put the other side into the bad guy role.
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From a total value standpoint, but that's assuming Guadreau even wants to sign for 8 years. If I'm in his shoes I'm not going to sweat at all about the total value Calgary can offer when I'm talking about an 80.5M vs an 84M dollar contract. Infact, I'm probably thinking long and hard about a possible second UFA contract and what a 6 or 7 year deal at a higher AAV looks like as the league economics continue to explode.
Treliving has zero leverage in negotiations at this point and has certainly put no pressure on anyone as this drags on. Nobody is viewing Guadreau as a villian for this either - he's earned this. If you're in his financial situation having already made tens of millions of dollars (and about to blow that out of the water no matter what happens), are you going to let 3M dollars or so dictate where you decide to live and play for the next 7 or 8 years? Doubtful.