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Originally Posted by DionTheDman
I was told today the current positions are:
11.5 from Johnny
10.0 from the Flames -- offer given directly to Johnny by Murray Edwards yesterday. Not sure if this means that they went over Tre's head or if it was more of a "this is how important you are" type thing.
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This is an interesting little tidbit.
I’m inclined to agree this wouldn’t be about going “over” Treliving, likely more just a respect thing in terms of getting the information communicated directly from the guy at the top (ie. who is signing the cheques).
Although part of me wonders if this isn’t a bit of a negotiation tactic, Treliving probably knows the market value for Gaudreau is closer to $10.5M if not higher, so instead of making Treliving look like the unreasonable one by only offering $10M, you get Edwards to look like the penny pincher and try to sell the counter. Then when it comes to crunch time Treliving can come through with the final offer that both sides can agree to…