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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 7, 2023 at 6:05 p.m.
Thread: Competing
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Klearn</b></div><div>I agree. He was somewhat handcuffed into making the EK65 deal, i think from here on out we will see what he's got as a GM</div></div>

I said all along Grier's main goal in the EK65 trade was low retention and that his owner was all over it. He's already paying Burns to play games in Carolina.

He knows Grier inherited Wilson's mess and he's giving him a chance to clean it up. You're right. Grier has more room to wheel and deal now. He may have had a trade(s) made with Dubas or other GM's but couldn't get it OK'd by his owner because the retention wasn't low enough. We'll never know.

I don't believe that trade happens without Montreal helping out. Grier basically ate a turd sandwich to get low retention. He could sell this to his owner so at least for today, he accomplished what his owner wanted.

Edit: Plattner was set to owe EK65 $46 million for the next 4 years. After this trade he owes him $6 mil.

I'd say that's a pretty good win for Mike Grier. Just something for fans to think about when they're roasting Grier.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 3, 2023 at 2:32 p.m.
Thread: My Philly Rebuild
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_K</b></div><div>I wouldn't say Frank is a conspiracy theorist - he just reports things he hears. And with lots of stuff leaking out of Philly FO this summer I would lean toward thinking the rumors he grabbed onto about Laughton for a 1st+ came from someone close to Philly, not STL. All of the things that Armstrong publicly said would contradict having interest in trading big pieces for Laughton. Plus we know that talks went pretty far with a Sanheim-Krug swap that involved a 1st. That would lead me to think that Frank heard a lot of info and put the wrong wires together.</div></div>

Doug also said he wanted nothing to do with the exact description that Hayes fits so maybe it’s just that your GM was lying and not the reporter?