And a team that is sitting in this mushy middle ground of not good enough to truly compete nor bad enough to completely blow it up is better served not doing anything patchwork if a true talent is available.
Have to also think that Treliving felt that he had a shot or he wouldn't have waited it out.
That or maybe that was always the plan to just hold. I wonder if ownership has cut back the purse strings with all the CSEC organizations during these times. The 1-3 Stampeders roster has no high paid players after Bo with rookies all over and few proven veteran players making any dough. As a fan that's followed the team for decades it looks like an expansion team nothing like teams of the last 15 years.
I feel like Tkachuk+Dube+1st is an overpay from the Flames but I think the Flames could turn Tkachuk into 2-3 assets and maybe retain one of those assets it could work.
Dube and a 1st seem like pieces the Sabres would definitely want
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I feel like Tkachuk+Dube+1st an overpay from the Flames but I think the Flames could turn Tkachuk into 2-3 assets and maybe retain one of those assets it could work.
Dube and a 1st seem like pieces the Sabres would definitely want
I agree that is a massive overpay, given Eichel's health status.
Wasn't there a rumor that the holdup was finding a team that wanted Tkachuk? I know Tkachuk says the right things and may stay here for another year or two, but something tells me Monahan will not want to waive to Buffalo. And without either one of those two guys as a base for an Eichel deal, I've a hard time making a compelling package for Buffalo.
If you are after Eichel, it should be assumed that you have given your best offer.
After that, it is on the Sabres to decide amongst the offers.
Why would the Sabres not have told all interested parties to present their best and only offer?
That how you get deals done.
But...rookie GM in Buffalo. Maybe he’s negotiating with 7 different teams.
If that’s the case, buckle up. It’s gonna be awhile.
That's one way to do it. A bake-off.
But I suspect a lot of deals in pro sports don't get done that way. One and only offer?
I'd expect a lot more negotiation and back and forth. Find out the teams interested, narrow the field, then look at their rosters and system and tell them what it will take to get a deal done. Hold firm until you receive the value you think you can get by being patient.
But I suspect a lot of deals in pro sports don't get done that way. One and only offer?
I'd expect a lot more negotiation and back and forth. Find out the teams interested, narrow the field, then look at their rosters and system and tell them what it will take to get a deal done. Hold firm until you receive the value you think you can get by being patient.
Bake offs work in some circumstances, like a foreclosure where there are continual offers and the judge wants to end it. But for it to work, Buffalo would have to commit to accepting the best one time offer. And they will never do that.
Bake offs work in some circumstances, like a foreclosure where there are continual offers and the judge wants to end it. But for it to work, Buffalo would have to commit to accepting the best one time offer. And they will never do that.
Exactly. No idea why Buffalo would take an approach like that in this case.
This meeting that happened between team, Eichel, agent, league and NHLPA kind of shows how this refusal to trade him thus far speaks to the integrity of the game and also the need to rethink contracts.
Buffalo feels no pressure to play him which is another obvious sign that they want to tank.
And the fact the player has so little say in his own health is remarkable. They need to change how contracts are written and disputes resolved.
