bustaheims
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Okay, so because one former player would take it that way means every player would take it that way?Yes necessarily. Struddy played in the NHL and that's how he would take it.
Also, how it's present absolutely matters. There's a huge difference between going to Marner and saying "here's a trade we've been offered that we'd like to accept" and "we've been offered this trade, our preference to keep you, but if you intend to sign elsewhere, we don't want to lose you for nothing." And, based on the way his response has been presented - that he intends to sign here - that feels like how it was presented. Not as seeing Rantanen as the better player but as the better alternative than the team being left with nothing if/when Marner decides to sign elsewhere.