I was told a story of an NHL player who never spent a dime of his paycheques. He lived off of his per diem which was more than enough to cover his daily expenses.
There is also most likely a deal in place with the Sharks that say they will be signing him to a multi year deal in January with an AAV higher than it should be so Labanc will be ok financially.
He just really really wants to play with the sharks and thinks he won’t suffer an injury. Not a great statistical play, but it’s his play and I wish him success and health.
If he has a good season, there should be a local bank willing to use him as an endorser, look at his name.
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Boy did this go well for him. Good thing he took one for the team, I’m sure DW will completely ignore this season and reward him generously.
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Well. That’s one way to look at it. But the point remains he made a pretty bad decision and got pretty bad advice from his agent and it might drastically change his long term earnings. Or maybe that’s just dramatic, he’ll sign another one year deal for low money, rebound next year, and cash in. Hope it works for him, just pointing out how ridiculous it was that anyone defended the contract/decision this summer.
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People are weirdly naive about how powerful they think GMs are apparently. There is a players union and provisions of what exactly they’re allowed to do.
GM says, " I can't afford what you are asking so I am not going to meet your contract demands."
Nothing weird or naive to say that there is a universe where something like this could happen.
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It's absolutely ~wild~ that it can be 2020 and there's still people that believe RFA's have no leverage. Truly inspiring stuff.