#i'm not saying that i'm a huge fan of verbeek in general but driving a hard bargain here is not gm malpractice by any means

[workingforitallthetime]

no more trevor/jamie contract anons please. everybody needs to chill out. just a couple of general points to bear in mind:

the sky is not falling because they're not at camp. this is not the thing that is going to drive trevor out of anaheim. tk missed the start of camp in 2019 and then he signed for six years. quinn hughes missed camp and most of the preseason waiting on his contract two years ago and now he's the captain. william nylander held out until december when he signed his last contract in 2018, and now he's in negotiations again and giving quotes about how he wants to be a leaf.

this is not just about "the ducks have cap space and they should spend it on trevor and jamie." the ducks have a ton of young stars coming and they have to plan for the long term. how these two contracts shake out affects mason mctavish and leo carlsson and olen zellweger etc. etc., both in terms of cap space and as precedent.

pat brisson knows what he's doing. sit back and watch him work.

#i mean if trevor wants out of anaheim he's going to get out #but this fairly standard camp holdout while negotiations continue is not the thing that's going to singlehandedly drive him away #i'm not saying that i'm a huge fan of verbeek in general but driving a hard bargain here is not gm malpractice by any means #anonymouskinis