With potential of getting injured there is no player with a brain that would ever do something like this!

Labanc and Kotkaniemi have both done this. Also if you’re dealing with the right organization that truly wants a player and respects a handshake agreement, they’re fine.

Also this deal would give Hanifin significantly more money in the long run. A 9 year deal as a UFA at 27 is fantastic

Kotkaniemi was an offer sheet
Labanc was an RFA with no Arb rights

Try again!!!

Not how negotiations work. 1 injury and 9 years is actually 1

Not if ur negotiating with the right club. If u have a handshake agreement and go back on it, that spreads and the entire organization will be viewed poorly by players

Bingo would never happen….besides he’s going to stay in vegas so it doesn’t really matter

You're not understanding. No one would ever do this! It's terrible for the player.

Pure pipe dream. Hanifin would never agree to something like that. He will probably sign an extension with Vegas soon at around 7 to 7.5 mill to play out the next half decade with his best friend

Dumba has fit in well and will probably agree to a deal around 4M with term. Easier to just keep him

Very doubtful, as he didn't sign an extension after getting traded, and his camp has made it pretty clear he and his family wants somewhere close to home on the east coast. It may not end up being Tampa(although it does seem they're his preferred team and an extension with them was reportedly in place had he been traded there), but I don't see him extending in Vegas.

I don't see Hanifin taking this gamble, even if it's with a team like Tampa. There's still far too much risk for him. If both sides want a deal, he'll be a member of the team on July 1. It will be interesting, as if he wants Tampa then JBB will have to decide if letting Stamkos walk and keeping Duke+Hanifin+ufa F add is the right play, or perhaps keeping Stamkos+Hanifin+lesser ufa F add with Duclair gone. There's really no good way to sign all 3 and add 2 more players to reach a 22 player roster, unless a more radical move his made(trading one of Cernak/Serg/Cirelli, which seems doubtful).