We backed ourselves into a corner, all the drama is on Dorion imo.
If you aren't willing to trade him at a rental return, you need to leave room in the budget to keep him on. We haven't done that so now we're panicking that he isn't getting the offers he's willing to extend at and we won't be cap compliant.
Somebody is leaking to the media he wants Meier money (who could possibly benefit from that leak?) and the agent is justifiably upset that someone is being unprofessional and throwing his client under the bus.
Nah, it's normal for a team to put a player and agent on blast for not agreeing to contracts other teams are "supposedly" giving him. Also normal for an agent to come back and say those reports are completely full of shit, and the GM needs to get his head out of his ass and do his job.
"It's DBC's agent and DBC's fault for this trade not being done. They need to take what they're given, that's the only way we can make a trade. Dorion has done everything he can (aside from just making a trade and coming to the realization that he painted himself into a corner, seeing there is no clauses stopping them). Don't care if it doesn't work for them, it's their fault this is being drawn out"
"Well, we had a deal in place with the Islanders, DBC foiled that, for
SOME unknown reason, he needs to accept their deal, because it's really getting in the way of what I want to do."
