Groups could also be pondering twice about permitting a possible commerce companion to talk to a pending UFA about an extension
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Canada Can’t Refuse Connor Bedard episode, on the concept of groups getting away from permitting groups to speak to a participant about an extension earlier than buying and selling for them.
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Kyle Bukauskas: “And I assumed the purpose you made too on radio, and this isn’t pertaining significantly to 1 group or one participant. However simply that complete concept, when you’re buying and selling for someone that’s on an expiring deal, that you could be be taking a look at signing to an extension, the workflow, I assume, by way of all of that, by way of, let’s make a deal first earlier than you possibly can speak to my man if you wish to signal them to a brand new contract, versus the opposite means round. The purpose you made, there was, was an fascinating one.
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Friedman: “Nicely, so if anyone wasn’t listening to me on radio on Thursday, and disgrace on you when you weren’t. I bear in mind speaking to Craig Conroy after they made the Noah Hanifin take care of Vegas. And Craig Conroy stated after that that it’s in all probability not the method he would wish to do once more. As a result of they gave Vegas permission, and though they didn’t signal the extension as a part of the deal, it didn’t take lengthy for it to occur after.
So you possibly can principally have a look at this and say, Vegas made that deal just about figuring out what it will take to signal Hanifin, within the ballpark, and Hanifin’s representatives, Pat Brisson, figuring out what Vegas wished to do.
And when Vegas made that deal, I feel folks round, I bear in mind folks round it had been form of like, that is going to get carried out. Like there shall be an extension right here, and finally it was.
And I bear in mind Craig Conroy talked about it afterwards, and, and he stated that if he was in that scenario once more, subsequent time, he would change it. And he would make the commerce he was proud of first, after which say, ‘Okay, you wish to speak to this participant about an extension? You do, you could have that you’ve that energy, you could have that potential. However this, when you make an extension, that is the deal we’re agreeing to. It’s carried out.’
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And I truly, I had a GM name me after listening to that clip, and he stated that that’s a lesson that I feel lots of us have realized. That generally you suppose it’s higher, oh yeah, okay, you make it, you signal an extension with that group, after which we’ll work out a commerce, and also you’ve truly misplaced energy. Then the group can say, ‘Hey, we’ve received an extension right here. The place else you going to commerce them to?
And so groups don’t prefer it that means. Now they reverse it. They do it the opposite means.”
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