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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think in the future GMs are going to want to think those requests over carefully. Like "you can talk to see what their offers might be but you can't tell them they are out of the running". Which is hard to control, but GMs talk to each other. Agents are going to have to be careful too, because they will risk burning too many bridges. Brisson may have screwed Hanifin here and he might be in the Gaudreau situation in the off season - no offer from his desired team and underwhelming offers from other places. And no 8 year deal, obviously.
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Yeah, its a difficult thing to get around, but it isnt really out of bounds and you are right, GM's DO talk. Two of them hear that Hanifin is unlikely to sign and word gets around quick.
I also think the kicker here is that Hanifin had to be treated as a rental in almost any respect, its in his best interest to (even if he is getting traded to the team he wants to eventually go to) keep the price of acquisition as low as possible for the team he is going to.