IMO "shopping a deal" would have been taking the details of the Vancouver offer, sharing it with other teams and asking them to beat it.
I doubt that Conroy did that.
Going back to other teams and saying "give me your best offer" because we're about to pull the trigger isn't quite the same. Maybe semantics, but I don't consider that shopping their offer. And that makes good business sense.
This isn't an auction where the only thing that matters is a single dollar figure. I have had people "shop details of my offer" in business before. I don't like it. I have also had counterparties share details of their other offers with me so we can match or beat it. That feels good for a minute because you know you have the inside track, then you realize that you're doing business with somebody who is going to share any information you provide to them with your competitors.
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