Noista Keenanin kommenteista kun tuossa aiemmin kirjoitin, niin ovat näköjään muiden joukkueiden johtoportaissakin laittaneet ne merkille. Elliotte Friedman kirjoittaa seuraavaa viikottaisessa '30 ajatusta'-artikkelissaan:
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26. In doing research for Hotstove Tonight, I was taken aback at how many GMs were angry about Mike Keenan's comments regarding Kiprusoff and the possibility that Jarome Iginla was tampered with. Keenan, who works for Sportsnet, basically said it is was understood the goalie would retire before the last season of his contract. It is worth $1.5 million, significantly less than his average. "[Keenan] was an employee of the team then," one GM fumed. "They can't just get away with that." Another exec said he thought it would be impossible to prove. "That's a long way from having an agreement or handshake that he would walk away."
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28. What I didn't know is that there is a relatively new rule that says players can be just as guilty of tampering as a coach, executive or owner can be. One GM thought it happened because Ottawa complained about recruitment during the Dany Heatley trade process, but apparently it was Daniel Briere's free agency that drove teams crazy. Section 10 of the Standard Player Contract addresses this now, as does a memo that's supposed to be posted in every team's dressing room. It indicates you cannot enter "personal communications to entice a player under contract with any other team to come to your team." Learn something new every day.