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Originally Posted by TOfan
I’m not sure what benefit there would ever be for a GM or AGM to leak information. It’s basically career suicide.
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A) To cultivate a media source who they can later use as a conduit for other information they want to get out.
B) To undermine someone else in their organization. Pro sports franchises aren’t all happy, selfless, one-for-all organizations. The executives are as competitive, jealous, and career-driven as execs in other organizations. Maybe even moreso.
C) People like to gossip and share secrets. It’s human nature.
And it doesn’t have to be a GM or an AGM. In the modern NHL you have at least a half dozen people involved once trade negotiations get serious (GM, AGMs, President, VP of hockey operations, capologist, analytics, scouts).