my guess is that you don't understand how exclusivity in negotiations work. The day radulov signed a one year deal he WAS going to test the UFA market, to think otherwise is idiotic.
Bergevin made an offer he thought was market value because for a very short amount of time he was the only market. But there is no way radulov accepts that, he was going to see if the grass was greener. There is nothing MB could have done to stop it other that saying that the offer was time limited. If he leaves it on the table, all radulov does is says " i have this offer from montreal, you have to at least match it" to any and all suitors ( as is his right). If radulov though that the habs offer was fair market value he would have signed, but he didnt. That he ended up signing for the same amount pretty much vindicates MB ( that radulov's FMV was pretty much what the habs offered) and says that radulov likely overvalued his worth.
MB didnt want to be a party to having to pay more for radulov and if you willingly throw away the exclusive ability to negotiate with players you are an idiot and should lose your job as GM.
