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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
But the predictability of the situation is the part that can’t be changed by one individual, even a GM. It is the system. Players can go UFA. They choose to sign, where and when. The system is working, we just might not like the result.
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The Flames system certainly is not working.
They took a risk when they chose not to sign or trade Gaudreau last summer. They prioritized short term "success", and (to this moment) over-estimated their ability to sign Gaudreau this summer. There were other paths available to them, but they made their choices and accepted their risks. You can't just ignore that. The GMs job is to manage this system to their own advantage, and (as of this moment) this particular risk that Treliving took is not looking so good.