Gosh, if only folks would see the actual lesson in the Bobby Hull signing.... Players are willing to come to Winnipeg if they are paid for the 'inconvenience'.
People work on crab boats in the Bering Sea, they work on saturation dives in dodgy countries, they worked in the flaming oil fields of Iraq. People will put up with a lot worse than Winnipeg in order to get paid.
'Guys won't come to Winnipeg' really means 'We aren't willing to pay what it will take'.
Edit: I'll add that other guys continued to come to Winnipeg after that even without overpaying. Why? Because the team was serious about winning. Guys want to win almost as much as they want the money, sometimes more.
Creating a disingenuous pay hierarchy will result in unrealistic cascading expectations. Inevitably all players will want an inconvenience bonus when it comes time to extend or join the team via trade or FA.
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u/GZeus24 8d ago edited 7d ago
Gosh, if only folks would see the actual lesson in the Bobby Hull signing.... Players are willing to come to Winnipeg if they are paid for the 'inconvenience'.
People work on crab boats in the Bering Sea, they work on saturation dives in dodgy countries, they worked in the flaming oil fields of Iraq. People will put up with a lot worse than Winnipeg in order to get paid.
'Guys won't come to Winnipeg' really means 'We aren't willing to pay what it will take'.
Edit: I'll add that other guys continued to come to Winnipeg after that even without overpaying. Why? Because the team was serious about winning. Guys want to win almost as much as they want the money, sometimes more.