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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
You don't need telepathy to see that you are going into the final season of your franchise player's best contract. You need a calendar.
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That happens frequently. Most teams in that situation don't respond by panicking and selling off the player… and if they did, they are merely putting some other team in the exact same position.
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You don't need telepathy to know that a player's family has been pulling him in another direction. You just need to be paying attention.
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You do need telepathy to know if he has decided to give in to their wishes, unless he comes out and actually says so. Which Gaudreau did not until late on July 12.
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You don't need telepathy to see that for over the past year, the player isn't into negotiating or is stalling. You just need intuition.
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So you had this intuition, and therefore you know better than any of the people who were actually employed by the team and/or working on the negotiations? Got it.
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A player can say whatever he wants, but it is up to the GM to believe it based on the other signals they are sending.
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Telling your agent to work on negotiating a new contract is a pretty powerful signal. If Gaudreau had no intention of signing, why was Lewis Gross even talking to the Flames in the first place?