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Originally Posted by transplant99
I'd wager that AM wants a 1 way deal and a 1 way only and that it is THE reason he isnt signed yet.
And man is there a lot of nastiness and snarl on Team Otto....good.
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Yeah, that's the only thing that makes sense to me.
If it really is the $200K, him and his family need to be looking for a new agent - unless they think this is the only NHL contract AM is going to see in his career. Treliving also doesn't strike me as a greasy low-baller either. So IMO either Treliving has made what he (with a Treliving-sized amount of consideration) believes to be good value for the player - or an offer that would fit the player into the tight roster spot.
If you're playing in the NHL on a 2-way, doesn't it only suck because you're typically the 1st to be demoted if push comes to shove? I get pushing for that this off-season, but when camp approaches he needs to make sure he's earning that $1M 1-way the GM obviously doesn't agree you earned yet.
The minute his name wasn't on the camp roster, his weak negotiating position moves closer and closer to 2-way league minimum.