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Old 03-12-2024, 04:31 AM   #2174
The Cobra
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Originally Posted by Locke View Post
Conversely I dont buy any of it.

An NHL job is not a career, its an opportunity, and you make of it what you can.

When you talk about 'being close to home' its the same as NHLers that complain about the weather.

What they're doing is choosing a subject that can't be disputed. They're not blaming the Team or the Organization or the City they just 'have to be close to home!'

Awww....thats so sweet? Who can blame them?

Um. Everyone. Because its nonsense.

Hanifin wanted to go to Boston or Tampa to 'be close to home.' Well. Now he's in Vegas.

He absolutely screwed the Flames by publicly announcing his preferred destinations because those destinations are barren of assets and so any other destination knows they're probably getting a rental and as such the price goes down.

If he wanted to be 'honourable' he'd have submitted his 8-team list and then he and his Agent would STFU until the deal was done and then when he's a Free Agent in the Summer they can say whatever they want.
It’s normal teams would want to talk to him first about his chances of signing with them.

Did you expect him to lie?

If he said nothing teams would assume it’s a rental.

I think the thought he screwed Calgary is blown out of proportion. Calgary got a rental price like you normally do at the deadline.
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