“I think that’s a huge piece of it, yes,” the agent told RG recently. “When you go to your owner and you say, ‘Hey, I want to do this, and I think if I load it up front with signing bonuses, and let’s double what I think they’re willing to offer,’ I think that’s a ballsy thing for the GM to say to his owner because if that cap space like Anaheim has exists, then the owner’s going to say ‘OK, well then you better be sure they’re not going to just laugh and match it because if they match it, then we look like complete idiots and all we did was just increase the market for no reason.’- Jimmy Murphy
