Did they happen to watch the first periods of both those games where the players mailed it in as hard as you could possibly do so? Lindy is part of the problem but he had every right to be pissed at that non effort.
People really don't seem to understand how markets work or the concept of supply and demand:
Pool of top UFA's hitting market shrinks
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Cost for Tuch goes up.
It does absolutely no such thing.
Playing hardball when virtually no players with options want to come here and you have as bad a rep as an organization as any in the history of pro sports is certainly a choice.
FTR Botterill wanted to give him a long term deal, Terry is the one who balked at doing so. That's a major reason Botts got another chance in Seattle: People in hockey know he was sandbagged by the imbecile of an owner and don't hold it against him.
If he gets to UFA that statement is going to age like a tuna fish sandwich left out in the sun for two weeks. Multiple team will give him offers in that ballpark, he and his agent know this.
We are in this situation as the biggest disaster of an organization in league history largely because of "Five Years Down The Road" thinking. Ignoring the present directly leads to not having a future.
Do people understand that with the cap going through the ***** roof a $10 million per deal will be like a $6 million (or less) deal is today within a few seasons?