Why was Cody Hodgson traded?
His agent, Ritch Winter, got into it with Canucks fans on Twitter today and shed some light on events leading up to Hodgson's deadline trade.
- You might recall back in January a post by Daniel Wager of Pass It To Bulis, who noticed that our own Tony Gallagher seemed to be making a big deal out of Cody Hodgson's ice time. Wagner speculated that perhaps Hodgson's agent, Ritch Winter, had been planting a bug in Gallagher's ear about the issue.
Hodgson seems happy with his icetime; who isn’t?On Monday, Cody Hodgson was named the game's first star after netting a goal and an assist against the Sharks. The rookie has 7 points in...- Four weeks later, Winter wrote an epic 6,000+ word blog post basically saying that Wagner was irresponsibly fantasizing and that he (Winter) wouldn't be speaking to the media any more. He also wrote that he would no longer speak to the public except through his hockey agents' blog, Agents of Change.
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Agents of Change: Ritch Responds - The PressOver the Christmas holidays one of @HockeyAgentDad followers wondered, "So are you saying - I can never trust the press?" I cut and paste...- Fast forward to Monday, and Cody Hodgson gets traded to Buffalo in a surprise deal at the deadline. Here's where things get interesting. Following the trade, Winter (whose Twitter handle is @HockeyAgentDad) speaks via Twitter and sheds some light on events prior to the trade. We'll let Twitter take it from here.
@HockeyAgentDad Are you saying you or his dad never suggested to the Canucks that he wants out ?- @HockeyAgentDad Pretty obvious since you refuse to answer the question and refused to come on Vancouver radio today.
- And then Winter speaks of a meeting between Hodgson and Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault on Saturday:
- And acknowledges this:
- @HockeyAgentDad Not sure how the trade could have been a complete surprise when you asked for more ice-time 2 days before the deadline.
- Some other fans weighed in, too, as well as our own Jason Botchford.
@HockeyAgentDad @BotchonCanucks W all due respect Rich, isn't asking for more ice the same as asking MG & AV to alter team philosophy/plan?- @xXSanglantXx @BotchonCanucks I like Cody, wish he was still on nucks, my point was that asking for more ice time was kiss of death.
@jamiefitzpatric @xxsanglantxx a lot of us wish he was still on the canucks. The question is why isn't he. Youre starting to see the answer
