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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Well, the Columbus Blue Jackets for one.
Treliving gambled that Gaudreau was being up front with him, while in the knowledge that Johnny’s stock was at an all time low, and the return on a trade would be very unsatisfactory. If someone is still negotiating with you it normally means that they are prepared to accept an offer if it’s the right amount.
Basically you want Treliving to assume Gaudreau is lying and negotiating in bad faith.
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I think any competent GM should assume that the players are going to do what's best for them and nothing more. There's a reason long tenured GM's like Lamoriello are cut throat. We always talk about players taking team friendly deals but the reality is that rarely ever happens because teams take full advantage of the situation when players are under team control and players do the same when they hold the power. That's the dynamic and if Johnny told Treliving everything he wanted to hear last summer then why couldn't' they come to an agreement last summer? Anytime a player says he doesn't want to negotiate until the end of the season on the last year of his deal it's a bad sign. Treliving is paid to read the room. I'm not posting today in the Fire Treliving thread because that's not my point here. My point is that that the GM really didn't handle this situation well at all.