Landry made this very difficult. From all accounts he wasnt being reasonable.
1) Fins offered 13M per long term and he refused.
2) Landry refused every other long term deal offered to him, and straight up did not want to go to Cleveland who offered him a competitive long term deal.
3) Now this is what the best offer they got looked like. a 4th and a 7th for a player who is on a 1 year contract worth 16M.
Now you could make a point about trading him before the dead line. But since that boat has passed, what did you guys expect to happen? Landry's demands long term were out of whack, so they tagged him to try and get better value than the comp pick... They could have, some teams offered up to a 1st round pick for him BUT LANDRY refused every offers he got... The Fins cannot force Landry to sign a long term deal and Landry on a 1 year 16M deal is not worth much more than a bag of peanuts.
The play was to trade him at the dead line... Since then, I put has much blame on Landry and his agent than I do on the Fins... Simple as that, Landry screwed himself and now he's stuck in Cleveland, where he doesnt want to be....
1) Fins offered 13M per long term and he refused.
2) Landry refused every other long term deal offered to him, and straight up did not want to go to Cleveland who offered him a competitive long term deal.
3) Now this is what the best offer they got looked like. a 4th and a 7th for a player who is on a 1 year contract worth 16M.
Now you could make a point about trading him before the dead line. But since that boat has passed, what did you guys expect to happen? Landry's demands long term were out of whack, so they tagged him to try and get better value than the comp pick... They could have, some teams offered up to a 1st round pick for him BUT LANDRY refused every offers he got... The Fins cannot force Landry to sign a long term deal and Landry on a 1 year 16M deal is not worth much more than a bag of peanuts.
The play was to trade him at the dead line... Since then, I put has much blame on Landry and his agent than I do on the Fins... Simple as that, Landry screwed himself and now he's stuck in Cleveland, where he doesnt want to be....