will be pissed if they give up a 1st for PLD as part of a package.
I would also prefer to avoid it (not even sure trading for PLD is the right move). That said I've come to accept that this trade won't die because the player went public about his intent (lowering it's value) + his name is Dubois.
Molson certainly asked HuGo what was their answer with regards to the "we never draft Franco players" issue.
Molson: why no franco ?
HuGo: we draft BPA so it's out of our control (1st OA 2 years ago was franco, this year slovak)
Molson: ok so how do we get some top6 franco players ?
HuGo: you gotta trade for them or sign them as UFA but it's costly since everyone knows it's a premium for us
Molson: well it would be really great if you guys could find such a player so we have a good answer to the "we never draft Franco" issue.
You can tell the owner to stay out of hockey decisions but you gotta adress those non-hockey issues before he feels he has to intervene. PLD fits with our roster and rebuild timing and everyone's happy, including Joshua Roy that doesn't have the added pressure of being "our star". Plus if PLD is really sincere about playing for his home team, well LFG