During his most recent appearance on Jérémie Rainville's show, "Sortie de zone", Stéphane Waite shared his point of view on the management of the Jeff Petry file by Kent Hughes.
"It's rare that you're going to see a guy who's going to admit that. It seems to me that you're taking a little bit of power away from yourself, letting it be known that he's on the market and that you want to trade him. Everyone knows that, but by admitting it as well, you're showing your cards too quickly, in my opinion. Usually you say something like "if you want to get him, he's going to cost a lot of money, because we care about him too." That's how the "game" is played. Obviously, that's not the strategy he employs, so I was surprised honestly."
Obviously, the organization's desire to be completely transparent could be costly when potential trade talks occur. These are just opinions, but Waite makes a colossal point. It remains to be seen if the CH can get a decent return for number 26, despite the Kent Hughes proceedings.