Quoting: Sebybbq
And how you explain buyout ??? Or trade?? Explain me how this happen if feeling is involved in their decision making. Let go smart boy tell me what difference it have. If a players is paid like a 25 goal scorer and score 18 a season the players haven’t respect is engagement? That pure bullshat, it a business and decision are not make with feeling. So yes Hockey is a business and yes it a question of Waiving a guy or trading him or whatever it have to be done to be successful.
Andrew Ladd, Wade Redden, Alzner just to name a few was waive even after signing lucrative contract no one gave a shat. It a business
no one mentioned buyout at all, only you.
And players sitting across a table don't give a rats ass what some other player did.
If they wanted to take less money than what they can get else where, and be in the same tax bracket than they'd do that.
But they don't. They sign for less knowing they aren't trade-able and that they won't have to pay that higher tax rate.
Period.
It's business, it's money, and it's the players money you are talking about. You just don't have the common sense to figure it out.
It's no different than trading a college FA right after they sign a deal with a team. You don't do it. Because you won't ever get another one again.
Teams have reputations just like players. When people think a team is no good, can't keep it's word, etc.... they aren't going to play no crap with them.
So good luck trying to convince your new crop of RFA to take a lower deal for the team, because the taxes are lower. When they just watched you screw guys out of the same F deal you are trying to convince them to take. Business works that way bud. It's not one sided.