Slick Rick 61
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- Jul 11, 2007
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No we wouldnt have. Sather does not operate that way....look at history of his trades, other than the Carter for Jagr deal, you dont see many big deals coming (and some one would argue they didnt see the jagr deal coming):
McDonagh deal no one saw coming
Gaborik deal last year didnt see coming.
Even the Clowe deal was no sure thing and not a ton of open coverage around it...heck clowe turned down a deal to SJ before coming to us
Del Zotto for Klein.
Sather is tight lipped with this stuff. May be why he does so well with trades. Only the Nash deal was well documented.
I'm not talking about from the Ranger org. When it comes to deals, NOTHING gets leaked from the Rangers side. But when it came to Richards, Nash, and Bobby Ryan, there were persistent rumors coming from the media for months. And I'm talking about the reputable National guys.
Sather only uses the media to negotiate with his RFA's.