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Originally Posted by dino7c
come on now...agents let things slip all the time. You obviously can't make that kinda offer but you can suggest what you think a player like that is worth.
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The league is quite clear that that constitutes tampering.
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Do you honestly not think that kinda thing happens...
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I am morally certain that the kind of thing you are suggesting, with a specific statement that a team is prepared to tender an offer with specific numbers, does not happen during the season. It clearly does happen in the run-up period to free agency, but by that time everyone knows which players are going to free agency and which ones will re-sign with their teams.
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agents talk to GMs all the time
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Yes, and they are absolutely forbidden to talk about future contract offers with one team while their client is still under contract with another.
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no more mr. nice guy, look where it has gotten us
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Yeah, it's gotten us not fined or stripped of draft picks.
Anyway, it would be ridiculous to offer Nylander $15 million a year. He would be 28 when the contract kicks in, and well on in his thirties by the time the Flames were ready to compete for anything. Meanwhile, 15 for Nylander would be as gross an overpayment as 10.5 for Huberdeau. You know, there isn't actually a rule requiring a bad team to tie up every possible dollar in retirement contracts for aging players.