Treliving nickel and dimed his stars then gave big overpriced contracts to James Neal, Michael Frolik and Troy Brouwer. Brad would often trot out negotiation tactics like wanting more money for Frolik or the "Gio cap". No you don't give players anything they want (so extreme even for you) but you don't insult them. Maybe giving Gaudreau 7.5 for seven or eight years and not having him miss training camp would've been a better deal than saving 750k and claiming victory.
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