| Negotiating rookie contracts with the Los Angeles Kings
called for me and my agent to use uncommon patience and flexibility. |
First you have to negotiate an "Olli Jokinen Clause"
so you don't get traded just cause you like borscht and put on an extra
15 kilos. Then you have to negotiate a "Pavel Rosa Clause" so
you aren't sent to Finland the first time you miss a backchecking assignment. |
But the real trick was getting Jared and Yanick to ask
for the same clause as me. The leque rules don't allow rookies to have "no-trade"
contracts, but we did get something just as good - requiring any trade for
any one of us to include also, Jamie Storr, Sounds like we'll be in El Lay
a loooooong time! |
