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The Finger Points Right Back At The GM
by Paul on 08/01/08 at 03:00 PM ET
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from Ken Campbell of the Hockey News,
Kudos to Minnesota Wild GM Doug Risebrough for his refreshing honesty when it came to buying out Mark Parrish’s contract.
Finally a GM in the NHL takes personal responsibility for signing a bad contract. What a concept.
“I looked at Mark’s salary and at what I thought his contributions would be and they were not totally in line,” Risebrough said after Parrish was put on waivers by the Wild. “It’s not Mark’s fault. I negotiated the contract.”
Not blaming the player, the CBA, the marketplace or the rising costs of doing business, Risebrough’s admission represented a willingness to be accountable for a mistake in judging a player’s worth.
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