At the end of the day, you cant be mad at Whitecloud and you cant be mad at Rasmus (kinda/sorta)
I personally have nothing against Whitecloud, he's a stopgap or could be flipped and ultimately its "meh" for me at this point.
Rasmus flexed his muscle at the 11th hour which he was more than welcome to do at any point, but chose to work with Craig for a large chunk of the discussions right up until it was extension talk time. It's a big decision for him, I get it.
What doesn't sit well is the idea that we let another roster player hold us hostage with signing demands and ultimately cost the team a TON of trade value, AGAIN. This after saying "we cannot let another Hannifin situation happen".
That's the one part that doesn't sit right with me personally, CGY acted in good faith and in the best interest as Rasmus as a person and not a contract and ultimately got burned again to some extent.
I hope we've learned that lesson, don't hold onto these guys just because they're "good people" because at the end of the day you have a business to run and a team to make better. The balls in Craig's court with at least 2 more guys garnering significant interest, arguably Coleman having more value now than Kadri for the time being. But the time is now, both guys have a bit more term but lets get maximum value now at a time where we should be pressing the "re-se_..biggle button" and building for the future.
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