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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This is such a silly take. GM’s don’t negotiate one to one. There’s a whole team on each side crunching numbers and making valuations. The fact Conroy is new to the role had no bearing on what he was offered.
Any team that thought Hanifin was worth more than the Vegas offer could have had Hanifin. The fact no team offered more means no team valued him higher. It would be idiotic of a team to pass on a player they liked at the cost they were willing to part with because they were playing games with the opposing GM.
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Out of thanks, but this is exactly right.
If you are only negotiating with one team, then it is very possible to get taken. But when you have an asset, and there are multiple bidders, you are going to get market. Vegas paid what they paid, and you could argue that they might have been willing to pay more, however, no other team was willing to pay more than that. Other teams aren't out to take Conroy to the cleaners here, it's a bidding war. So they have one decision: get the player, or don't. Either they are willing to pay more than Vegas, or they are not.