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Originally Posted by bluejays
I think it has to be up front though. Shanahan is in charge of the business side of things primarily if memory serves right. Sure he can think he's worth that much but why didn't he make his offer and negotiate earlier in the year? It seems much of this was by design on Dubas' end to get as much as he could out of the situation. On the surface this sounded like a Shanahan problem. But this is firmly Dubas' fault for trying to squeeze out more. Shanahan had no choice but to move on. Dubas slapped him in the face when he gave him his start.
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No different than any negotiations. He's the GM in the biggest hockey market in the world where they are paying players $11M+ and they are making boatloads of money. If he thinks that is worth $6-7M then so be it.
You can want to return as GM of the Leafs, while also wanting them to pay you more. And why shouldn't Dubas try to get as much as he could out of the situation.
Shanahan is trying to make himself look good with this press conference, of course he's going to frame himself to be in the right here.