Things typically don't turn out well when either side decides to put things out publicly. I'm guessing though that if the agent would not have gone public then something might have been worked out, maybe adding an extra year to Talbot's contract or something but we'll never know now.
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It's been mentioned before, something people keep ignoring for some reason.
I'd say they would have to fire Evason to keep Fiala, those two didn't get along. And this became a disturbing factor in the locker room, against Guerin's culture policy. Add the ugly negotiations last year, and I believe it's been part of the plan for while that they wanted to get rid of Fiala.
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Nobody is ignoring it, we're just all fine with choosing Fiala over Evason, if need be.
And there weren't "ugly negotiations". There were hardly any negotiations at all.
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I said last year, when they couldn't agree on a deal, and the Wild wanted to take him to arbitration. Very rare, usually it's the other way.
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That's probably because Fiala wanted a larger contract than the Wild felt giving him at the time.
Also, there's been nothing announced related to Fiala or Evason being a disturbance in the locker room. Stop making stuff up.
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lol...I doubt Evason is a disturbance in the locker room, not what I said.
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You implied it was one or the other. I was covering my bases with both. Neither were a distraction in the locker room, that we know of. To postulate that there was one, as fact, as you did, is simply a false narrative.
"Those two didn't get along. And this became a disturbing factor in the locker room."
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That would imply that Evason actually goes in the room
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That would imply that Evason actually goes in the room
Could actually be a disturbance, sounds like they don't see him enough in there
Too bad you misunderstood me. But it shouldn't be hard to understand that the locker room will be affected if there's a conflicting issue between the coach and a player.
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No, you didn’t say if. You stated there was. I didn’t misunderstand anything.Could actually be a disturbance, sounds like they don't see him enough in there
Too bad you misunderstood me. But it shouldn't be hard to understand that the locker room will be affected if there's a conflicting issue between the coach and a player.
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Yes, as indicated by others, incl Russo. He said "Evason and Fiala needed a divorce".
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That doesn’t imply a disturbance in the locker room. They simply could have had different philosophies.
Since that would involve... actually DOING something, he probably didn't.That would imply that Evason actually goes in the room
SEA didn't QO Sprong. He's never lived up to the hype, but he does have PIT ties from when GMBG was there. He's a RHS, so that might offset any PIT/GMBG ties?
There are some teams trying to clear cap to make room for Kadri. Wish Minnesota would take advantage of that.
Said contenders, heard Winnipeg, New York Islanders. New York Rangers is another.
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Based on those teams
Winnipeg:
-Wheeler
-Scheifele
Islanders:
-Beauvillier
-Bailey
-Varlamov
Doubt the Rangers are in after they just signed Trocheck.
I think they mean have the other teams pay us to take some of their cap.
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You want the Wild to try to poach a player? I'm not sure they have the cap space for anything more than a 3rd liner.
Beauvillier or Scheifele could be interesting. I’m assuming we are going to dump Kulikov somewhere as well.
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Good thought. Dumping Kullikov would definitely give us enough to at least make it interesting.
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