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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I guess I was thinking it’s like Gaudreau, which kinda seemed obvious at that time too. Or the many many many many other players in contract years. So basically in contract years these guys magically perform amazing and then after they sign gigantic multi year contracts where they have inter-generational wealth guaranteed they don’t really have as much motivation. Pretty simple. Seems to happen to almost major contracts / players. Gaudreau contract year? Amazing. After signs big contract? Terrible.
Not all players are like that, but most are. Hanifin is in a contract year. So how will we know? When his play drops off in subsequent years because he’s gonna get some stupidly massive contract.
I also never said he hated Calgary so people are kinda making things up. I said the thing he will care most about is money, which is probably true for the large majority of people. It’s not even really a criticism, it’s how people are and how the business / world works.
You don’t have to be a doctor psychologist to form these opinions. They’re just opinions formed out of understanding basic human motivation and then noticing he’d rather go play in the States and also some of his American friends all peaced out. It’s not some grand conspiracy and I’m not Nostradamus. It’s just a gut feel based on the entirety of what I know and seeing what’s happened in the past and how he’s engaged with the flames in this contract extension, plus him indicating he’d rather leave. It’s really not rocket science. He probably will sign a giant contract and stop caring, like 80%+ of all NHLers.
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I think your understanding of human motivation is quite shallow
Most experts agree that once humans have “enough” money, whatever that is, enduring motivation is driven by other factors such purpose, autonomy, and desire to master their craft
And how much elements like that matter to each of us can differ.
But money itself isn’t a source of long term or sustained motivation