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How Did Chicago Get In This Mess?
by Paul on 07/05/09 at 09:14 AM ET
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from Josh Mora of CSNChicago,
How bout some fireworks from the Hawks for the 4th of July? Late on Friday, TSN in Canada reported that the Blackhawks had misfiled the qualifying offers to their restricted free agents....
I was also informed by a separate source closer to the league that while clerical errors such as this are not common, they do happen more than occasionally. So clearly, because this looks worse to the general public than to those more familiar with league operations, someone is trying to embarrass Dale Tallon by letting this leak out. What are the possible scenarios and motivations for that to happen?
A) It could be an agent who was recently burned by the Blackhawks.
I find this scenario unlikely, because agents have to deal with teams all the time. So even if, say, Allan Walsh is upset with what happened in Marty Havlat’s situation, he has other clients who may become Blackhawks in the future. If he embarrasses a front office he does so at his own peril.B) It could be an agent of one of the affected RFA’s.
I could buy into this....
thanks to The Third Man In for the pointer…
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Self serving suckup article to the Chicago audience. These things happen and they free the players. 30+ years ago, that’s how Catfish Hunter became a free agent, when Oakland missed clearly known deadline. A few years back, brilliant Devils’ GM Lou messed up and had to overpay Madden and another player.
Posted by Cam on 07/05/09 at 10:00 AM ET
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I think B is most likely, especially if one of the players has an agent who is interested in making a name for himself.
Scenario D would be very worrisome for the organization. If there is a rift of that magnitude in the front office, it does not bode well for their operations, and they had better find out who the malcontent is and get rid of him. That would just poison the entire front office.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/05/09 at 08:57 AM ET