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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Yep, an agent wouldn’t risk losing millions of dollars on some nothing tweet. His players may not write the tweets, but they all definitely give it the okay. There’s too much on the line for Walsh to go behind a player’s back, doing so would seriously violate trust and that would sour him from current and future prospects as well.
I’ll say this though, if I’m a teammate in that dressing room, I’m not too happy with Huberdeau. The team is in a tight race to make the playoffs and every game is crucial. But instead, their $84M superstar who’s had a terrible year is making it all about him, playing the victim and creating a massive national distraction that ends up dragging them into this juvenile conflict. I definitely wouldn’t be the first to defend this guy who’s had an easy ride yet has played like trash and is about to earn millions upon millions more than me. Athletes and their partners are jealous by nature, so I could see this being a big talking point especially when a guy isn’t earning his paycheck.
It’s gotta feel like when the lazy pampered guy at the office who out earns everyone and has their own corner office with a view complains that their job or life is too hard despite everyone else having to pick up his slack. Everybody hates that guy.
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How do you figure he’d lose millions? He made his commission on the contract, I think.
I suspect Walsh’s deals give him a lot of autonomy. Plus, it’s not like most NHL players are deep thinkers. If their agent says “this is a good idea” they often don’t question it. Walsh got Huberdeau a lot of money. I don’t think the tweet was a good idea, but if he had to I bet Wlash could sell Huberdeau on it.