Kyle Turris has demanded a trade. Kurt Overhardt, the agent for the unsigned center, confirmed that he asked the Coyotes for a trade out of Phoenix.
"This has never been about money, we've been upfront with the club from Day 1," Overhardt told ESPN.com on Thursday. "We've respectfully requested that the player had the opportunity to move forward in his career by having a fresh start."
Overhardt is not wrong in this case, but Coyotes GM Don Maloney stated that he wouldn't trade Turris. So far, his stance has not chanced, which could put Turris's chance of playing in the NHL this year at a high risk. The collective bargaining agreement states that if Turris isn't signed by Dec. 1, he cannot play this season, and that could really hurt his chances as a great player down the road.
"The CBA gives us certain rights to Turris and we are exercising our rights," Maloney told ESPN.com Thursday. "There will be a point in the future Turris will have the right to decide who he wants to play for and how much he will accept. He is not at this stage, given his age and experience. If he wants to play in the NHL this season, he will re-sign with us. We will not trade his rights under any circumstances and are prepared to live with the consequences if he decides to sit out this, and future, seasons."
Well, I have a question for Maloney. Why are you holding Turris hostage on your team? If he wants a fresh start, he should have the opportunity to play with another team and get that chance. Overhardt stated that the Coyotes "can benefit significantly by moving this asset." Well, of course they can. They don't play him. So why are they holding onto this guy?
Maloney should get rid of them. He obviously doesn't want him on this team, and that's why he hasn't signed him yet. The Coyotes are just a team that holds players hostage. Turris is not happy, and he should be. You know why? Because they don't like trading, and that's stupid. They wait until the offseason to get your players, and they get rid of players that benefit their team significantly, like Ilya Bryzgalov. So give Turris a chance to make his mark somewhere else. You know why? Because you don't give him that chance to be a great player. So take note, Maloney, you are certainly not a great GM for this player. He doesn't want you or the team, and you don't want him, so let him go.
Turris had better get traded soon, because this should turn into a mess, and the Coyotes are already dealing with keeping their team in Phoenix. Let him go, let him play for another team. It's so stupid that they want to keep the player they'll never play. Just release him. Trade him. I want him where he's happy, and if he's not happy in Phoenix, then let him go somewhere where he can be happy.
As for possible locations to go for the troubled center, I see a number of possible destination. Colorado, Nashville, Edmonton, Calgary, and Minnesota can use a guy like him, because he is an agile player. He racked up 25 points last season and even if that might not be superb numbers, it certainly helps when a team is struggling at this point in time.
We'll see where this goes, but if Don Maloney is going to be stupid and keep a player, he deserves to just get out of Phoenix altogether. Let Turris go and let him go to a place where he can play and be happy. This'll turn into a mess somehow and it's not going to be pretty.
This is one of the most poorly written articles I have ever read, for a number of reasons. "...they get rid of players that benefit their team significantly, like Ilya Bryzgalov" Just this tells me how much of a moron you are. We didn't "get rid" of Bryz and we didn't trade him away: he made it clear his price was going to be more than we could afford. Reports put his initial asking price at around $7 million a year. He wanted to be among the highest paid goalies around, and that isn't going to happen on a team that has an NHL-issued budget. So, rather than get nothing when he walked out on us at the start of free agency, we traded his negotiating rights to a team that inked him for $51 million. Please tell me how this constitutes "getting rid" of our goaltender, you ignorant hick.
ReplyDeleteAs to Turris, fuck him. It is nothing short of an incredible privilege and honor to even have a CHANCE to play in the NHL, and he's pissing all over that chance. If he wants to go somewhere else, put up some numbers here and then sign with another team when he is an unrestricted free agent. Or do what Peter Mueller did and play like crap so he can put himself on the trading block, or on the waivers list. His rights are owned by the Coyotes and demanding a trade by refusing to play is not a smart move for a player of his caliber to make. He brought it on himself. Not Maloney, not Tippett, not Doan. Turris. Please don't try to make Turris out to be the victim, because nothing could be farther from the truth.
And where do you get this crap about the Coyotes not wanting Turris? He played great for us in the playoffs last year. He and Doan were two of our best players during that unfortunate run. Why wouldn't we want him to come back and play like that? If he can do that, he can get the contract he wants, or work his position more in his favor to get signed with another team.
I honestly think a lobotomized chimp with no hands could have written a better post than this. Not only is this article completely void of any real hockey knowledge, but your command over the English language also seems to be questionable. Who writes things like, "Turris is not happy, and he should be. You know why? Because they don't like trading, and that's stupid." What garbage.