OT: Around the NHL: Free agency is upon us
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I don’t know which thing disgusts me more.
The Vegas organization not even having the guts to tell Fleury about the trade in person, or the fact that a nice guy like MAF has been traded to such a slimy franchise like the Hawks.
The Vegas organization not even having the guts to tell Fleury about the trade in person, or the fact that a nice guy like MAF has been traded to such a slimy franchise like the Hawks.
MeinerEiner
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5 years to get 165 goals.
I reckon he'll do it
I reckon he'll do it
If I’m MAF, I’d rather say f*** it and retire than sign with that greaseball org in Chicago.
That POS organization don’t deserve Fleury’s niceness and charm.
That POS organization don’t deserve Fleury’s niceness and charm.
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Way to be classy Vegas...
What an absolute shit way to treat MAF. People can be shit about him for their dumb reasons all they want, what VGK did to him is dirty.
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Lol that contract is not going to end well.
Whatever. He's a big boy and he's made over $81 million in his career. He'll have time to heal.
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Being traded is normal.
But not being told you've been traded is an absolute shit thing to do.
Especially to that awful franchise.
Ever stop to think that maybe some things are more important than money??
You don’t f*** around with people like that. The way the Vegas org handled things is something I’d expect from a bunch of immature teenagers.
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I hate people that bring up money as if it is the most important thing to every human being.
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Btw, I so called it that Benning was lying about offers and was just trying to build up interest. That fat 
has to be the dumbest GM in the league.
has to be the dumbest GM in the league.Yep.
You can be filthy f***ing rich but at the end of the day...what does it matter if you aren’t happy??
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Yeah he has a young family and is an outstanding person and is about the community he's in as well. Chicago is not a place I would actively want to live in, in the same situation even with that 7m.
Especially a franchise that has done what they have done and then lied about it.
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Poor MAF. Feel bad for the guy. He deserves better.
I don’t see that Ovy contract aging well at all. Not like the Caps had any choice though.
I don’t see that Ovy contract aging well at all. Not like the Caps had any choice though.
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It's usually by blokes that have never understood how that works. When I transferred to Seattle/Bellevue, a lot of tech companies reached out and had very lucrative offers on the table, a lot of money, but how a company treats you, compensates you very well, and actively has plans for you and shows you they do for career growth is important.
VGK gave Fleury that whole sales pitch, made him feel like family, told him he was family, then treated him like the adopted child when the couple finally got pregnant.
Just because athletes make millions of dollars, that doesn't mean they shouldn't be treated with respect when you decide to uproot their entire lives because it's best for your bottom dollar. There is no scenario where an athlete gets traded that they shouldn't be notified of it by the team. It isn't hard to do
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They did though.
They fell into the trap of legacy over common sense. The Capitals had cap space to really make that push to shift the team into a good mix of youth and vets with a deal for Kuznetsov to maybe land a prospect and a pick or whatever. Now for 5 years, when Ovechkin continues to turn into 2014-15 Brandon Pirri for them, they'll be paying him like he's still in his prime.
His entire career is tied to how good Backstrom is that year.
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If Malkin wont take a paycut and clearly appears to be a worse player next season do use that money on Barkov instead?
Yep.
Frankly unless it’s proven otherwise, I wouldn’t want my young family around anyone in that org.
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Malkin would likely only do the same years as Crosby as the trio want to retire together, so either way, I'd give Malkin whatever his ask is which usually isn't bad given he's taken less to keep the team competitive.
I'd ideally still want Pettersson and Zucker gone and then not take much cap back in any other deals to see if maybe there's enough to still be a big player in the UFA pool next year while keeping the likes of Kapanen, Malkin, Letang, and Rust (whatever his ask is, being reasonable).
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