Jeff Gorton
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Podcast Appearances
Awesome.
Yeah, I mean, in some way, well, it is funny you say that story because I do remember after we traded you, I traded you for, you know, you got too expensive.
So we traded you to Florida, you know, got some draft picks at the draft, right?
So you called me and says, I'm going to the draft.
I'm going to announce Florida's pick.
Do you remember this?
Yeah.
And you came to our after party.
And you came in and you gave me a hug.
And Chris Drury at the time, he looks at me and goes,
Of course, has the league changed that much that players are hugging general managers?
Well, this is a special player.
But, no, I mean, when I was in Boston, Harry Sinden was hard, right?
He was hard on players, hard on agents, and fought for every dollar.
And that's how I was taught, right?
And Michael Connell was less than that and more of a people person.
But then when I got to New York, Glenn Sather was like ā
You have to remember that we're making deals with people, and if you win every deal and you rub it in their face, it's going to come back on you.
So let's worry about the next deal.
So you start thinking like that.