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Originally Posted by Locke
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.
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This should really be the path going forward. The player should never tell the team or any team where he is willing to sign. Make every player a rental trade so that everyone is happy. If teams even asked Conroy if Hanifin was willing to sign longterm Conroy should have said “pound sand, I am trading a rental not a sign and trade”.