It will be up to whoever blinks first. If Kingston says we have a trade in place with Windsor and Shane says no im not going there but kingston says ok wel keep you then, i bet shane would say ok ill go
I don’t think things work like that anymore. I think both sides typically have enough respect for each other and their ongoing reputations to attempt to be flexible even if that flexibility results in some sort of compromize.
It is realistic for Kingston to expect to be given a three team “trade me to list.” It is incumbent on Kingston to work with those three teams to find a suitable trade. Each of those three teams understand the parameters of what a trade needs to be and they also understand that Kingston is not going to budge off the parameters of the trade for a multitude of reasons not related to Shane Wright or that trade in particular. It can have long lasting negative effects ont he franchise going forward in any other trade talks or trade demands.
So, the most likely scenario is that all three teams would be contacted and be apprised of the situation. They will be told what the parameters are. Since each of the teams are contenders, it is unlikely the teams will all simply pass. They will work out the best deal and it won’t be a situation of some sort of bidding war. The teams are far too professional to play one offer on another. If there are multiple teams in the mix, it will be the ”best fit” scenario not the best volume after an auction.
So, if it is Ottawa, Peterborough and Kitchener, each of those teams would have elements that fit the parameters. The valuation of the player involved is taken into account, the year the picks are situated is taken into account as well as any of the other pieces involved. Best fit wins. It is not like Kingston is going to take Ottawa;s offer and go back to Peterborough and say, “well, we have a better offer from Ottawa so if you want him, you will have to add an extra 3rd round pick.“ And then go back to Ottawa and say, “Well, Peterborough upped their offer so if you want him you will have to add a 2nd and a 3rd round pick“ and so on. That’s not how it works. GM’s don’t do it and the ones that do quickly run out of trade partners.
Kingston sets the parameters and each team submits their bid. Kingston may go back to one or more of the teams in an effort to try to tweak it in some slightly different way that suits their needs better like changing the year of a pick etc but nothing much more than that.
So, in this situation, if Peterborough has a better fit because Kingston likes Van Volsen better than MArrelli, for example, then it can make up for the fact the 2nd round picks in the Peterborough deal Are in 2026 instead of 2024…. Or maybe they like th eOttawa deal better because the picks are in 2024 and that is more valuable to them than the difference in the evaluation of the players.