[https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/briere\_says\_flyers\_travis\_sanheim\_is\_off\_the\_trading\_block/s1\_17219\_38985982](https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/briere_says_flyers_travis_sanheim_is_off_the_trading_block/s1_17219_38985982)
by LarryFineMD
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And the anchor salary stays.
Reverse psychology at its finest
I know Briere was doing what was best for the organization when he tried to move him, but a small part of me is glad it didn’t work. I would just feel horrible for a guy who negotiated an 8 year deal with trade protection to stay in a specific city and then gets shipped off somewhere a few days before the NTC kicks in. Part of me thinks the NHLPA needs to fight for some protection in the next CBA, like a clause that says if you sign an extension with a team you cannot be traded before the extension starts unless the player agrees to it.
Hope Sanheim has a bounceback year, recoups some value, and maybe he and Briere can see if there’s a chance to trade him to a good destination in the future when the cap is higher and teams might be more willing to take on a long contract.
The only thing we can hope for now is that Sanheim lives up to that contract.
>**The Healthy Scratch**
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>Sanheim was healthy scratched by Tortorella on Feb. 20 in Calgary. He had played in all 57 games to that point.
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>Sanheim had a bunch of family at the game in a rink where he played for three seasons with the Calgary Hitmen, his junior team.
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>“Still haven’t figure out why but that’s in the past, Sanheim said at the end of the season. “I’m over that. We’ve moved on. I think our relationship is just fine.
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>“I think we understand each other. I think he’s got a better understanding of my game now and I have a better understanding of what he expects of me.
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>“Hopefully going into next season we get a better outcome and I can play more consistently.
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>“The scratching obviously hurt me and probably something I wasn’t expecting, especially with where it was. There are certain games throughout a year, it gets long, you circle the dates that are meaningful to you.”
god damn torts, that’s brutal…
That’s because he’s on the “nobody wants him block”
…for now.
Um, didn’t his NTC kick in on July 1st? If so, yeah, he’s off the block. Lol