notdoneyet
Registered User
An agent has to listen to his player. It could be Franson and not the agent. We don't know.
Was it ever confirmed with a legitimate source Franson was in fact offered that deal? There were rumors there was an internal debate among management with some wanting to keep Franson, some wanting to deal him prior to the deadline. With the way the Leafs collapsed and the great great return we got from Nashville I'd bet more management got on board the idea of needing to accumulate picks/prospects wagon vs. bringing back Franson but only more expensive.
Since Shanny has come on board the media seems to have been kept in the dark. Nobody thought Babcock or Lamariello were coming to Toronto.
It doesn't matter whether it was confirmed or not
What was confirmed by trading him was that he was asking for what we were not prepared to pay
We had first right to negotiations
We offered
They countered
We didn't like that number so we knew we didn't want to sign him so we traded him
What was it
Three contracts with us and problems with every one
Sort of like Kari in a way
Someone thinking they are better than they are and worth more than they are