Yeah, sounds like negotiating his last contract was a pain too. From 2020:
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“We’re disappointed with how things have gone, to this point,” Ebbs told TFP on Monday.
“It’s been disappointing that they haven’t really been able to get anything accomplished.”
Weegar, an Ottawa native, made $1.6 million last season and is looking for a bump in pay. While Ebbs would not divulge specifics of his negotiations with the Panthers and new-GM Bill Zito, he mentioned “we have a pretty good idea what the number is.”
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So he ended up with more than double his cap hit from $1.6mil to his current $3.25mil
$6.5-7mil seems like a no brainer, that’s at least double his previous AAV.
Puckpedia lists Ebbs as Weegar’s agent and he is indeed his uncle. Not sure if that info is updated if he did indeed fire him.
https://www.nhlpa.com/news/1-14970/p...off-for-weegar
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It also didn’t hurt that his agent Matthew Ebbs was also his uncle and had a good relationship with Halifax Mooseheads general manager Cam Russell.
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