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Originally Posted by fleury
Personally what I find disappointing about this situation is if Gaudreau wants to stay, he doesn’t appear to be taking any type of discount. I do believe in maximizing your salary but I believe if any player is happy with their current long tenured team, they should be taking some discount. If he was, it would be signed and delivered by now. So either Tre did not pick up any indicators they’d be pushing for the max, or Gaudreau’s agent has changed course. As much as I want to blame Treliving, I’m inclined agents are more likely to change course. Hard to blame Treliving if that’s the case, though he should have also seen this dragging out from time. It’s definitely not the best situation to be but I’m confident they have plan A-D outlined for different scenarios.
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Disagree. No -player "should" take a discount. Gaudreau is doing exactly as he should be, looking out for himself.
It's a business, and a player needs to look after themselves first. You can't trust a pro sports team to have any sort of loyalty or do the right thing with a discount on a contract.
If a player does give a discount, there is no guarantee that savings would improve the club. They might just as easily waste it on a Neal.