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Originally Posted by Hesla
That's fair. Do you not think NHL teams know what other teams have offered up for players ?
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Yes, but they do not put them all on speakerphone and have them fight it out. This is what your process essentially is, it is not simply letting others know what was offered it is telling people to fight for your player while you sit back and watch. No GM does that in the NHL.
The San Jose Sharks, while having the prospects and picks to compete as well as a high interest in this player, will not participate in the auction based on the layout. We did contact you prior to this post to find out interest in our players for a trade for Hossa and no answer was received. We sent a second message, it was also ignored.
To be blunt, the Sharks feel this will set a dangerous precedent and create an inflated market for later trades as there will be very public information of the offers made and that you are essentially asking people to give their best offer in public, no bargaining on your part at all, and you will decide IF it is good enough. Should someone not get this player and pursue another, that GM may use this thread to bump up the prices for that player and state "Well you offered X for Hossa, my guy is worth at least y based on that". If this starts regularly happening, it will drive up trades and less will participate. The trade market is already anemic and the same people doing deals with each other. I personally find this to be very lazy as well. You either do not know the value of your player or you are trying to drive it up. Look through offers, talk to multiple GM's and do some legwork to make a trade, especially if you have a key player to move. Asking us to come to you and fight it out and you can decide after we basically show our hands to everyone is not something I'm okay with doing. I would strongly caution other GM's against this as well because this information can and probably will be used in future trades and probably not in your favour.
Marian Hossa Auction -Ducks Win
