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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Once Philly makes you that offer, it’s not going away July 1. I don’t understand the stress myself.
These trades don’t seem to happen in other sports. But the NHL isn’t known for being avant garde exactly.
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You don’t understand the stress? I mean, of course the end result is millions of dollars to play hockey. Which on its own is awesome.
But, imagine what it’s like July 1 for free agents. For the nomads out there they probably don’t care. But there are potentially 31 different cities you will be living in in a few months, several teams reaching out to your agents, you have a table full of offers and have to decide where you are moving in an afternoon. Players have families, wives, kids.
Of course you want to get the deal done ahead of time if the situation presents itself.