Barnburner suggested that it very likely could be Kylington's agent giving him this advice, but JP Barry's client list doesn't suggest a history of trying to squeeze teams on contracts.
A lot of Barry's bigger clients are on good value deals...Backlund, Myers, Larsson, Forsberg, Kempe, and Malkin.
His biggest clients all re-signed early instead of pushing timelines to the last minute...Pasternak, Barzal, Hamilton, and Rielly.
A lot of his other fringe(ish) or lower-tier player clients are on short-term (1-2 year) deals like Fabbro, Maata, Kerfoot, Grundstrom, Johansson, Lauko, and Yamamoto.
At the end of the day, Barry doesn't facilitate a deal if his client doesn't say yes. There's no one to blame for misplaying the hand other than Kylington. If Kylington wants to march by the beat of his own drum, that's cool. I don't blame Conroy or Edwards for closing the door after the lack of respect shown here.
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