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Originally Posted by Robbob
I think you also have to consider that contract negotiations are also used as a ploy to make sure you aren't getting low balled by the other 31 GMs. I think Lindholm is a perfect example of that. Conroy said he knew in September that Elias would be traded. Through out the season we heard a number of media rumours about contract negotiations being ongoing until he was traded. The guise of continued contract negotiations is more keeping the other GMs honest.
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Exactly. You don't want other GMs coming to the table with the notion that you are desperate to trade the player because the alternative is them walking away and you get nothing. You also want to give them the impression that if they don't bring their best offer, the player could be off the table. There is gamesmanship going on for sure and you have to take some things reported with a grain of salt.