From Gregg Drinnan's Blog this morning:
A source in Lethbridge says that D Luca Sbisa, 19, having been told by the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks that he was being returned to the WHL, was all set to rejoin the Lethbridge Hurricanes and had, in fact, already contacted his former billet. But that was before Andre Rufner, Sbisa’s agent, became involved and now is believed to be trying to arrange a trade between the Hurricanes and a Western Conference team. . . . The wildcard in all of this, however, may be that Rich Preston, Lethbridge’s GM/head coach, and Anaheim GM Bob Murray are long-time friends. . . . You have to think Sbisa could do a lot worse than go back to Lethbridge, play 30 minutes a game and get his game back in gear. After all, the Ducks are concerned about his development and nothing helps that like lots of ice time and playing in all situations. . . . You can bet that Western Conference general managers are paying close attention. As Vancouver GM Scott Bonner told Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province: “If he was available, I’m sure every team in the league would inquire, but I know I haven’t got a call about him and I know that Rich Preston is pretty excited about getting him back. If it was us, we would keep the player. We would tell the player to come back and play for us and I think Rich will take the same stance.”----Gregg Drinnan
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Nice to see that even with new leadership some things never change. This really says something. If the coach and GM have changed then the only place that you can point is to the board. This is only an assumption but where else can you lay blame to player after player not wanting to play in Lethbridge.
ReplyDeletewhere did it say that Luca didn't want to play in Lethbridge? Sounded to me like his agent wasn't fond of the idea.
ReplyDeleteAgent-anonymous,
ReplyDeleteDo you think for a second that an agent has an original thought about where his client should play hockey?? His agent is simply the bad news bear.
Let me break it down for you. Luca tells his agent a story (possibly with lots of swear words in it), and his agent fills it full of butterflies and picks up the phone and tells Preston what needs to be done.
Do you think that if Luca told his agent that it sucked to go back to the WHL, but at LEAST it was Lethbridge, that his agent would reply, "Sorry Luca, I don't really want you in Lethbridge anymore, its too windy there, either we get you out of Lethbridge or I'm not going to be your agent anymore."
Luca MUST have initiated the conversation otherwise it wouldn't happen.
I know. Sounds harsh, but get it?
- Richie.