[Mel_Ott]

Odd thing happened with contract negotiations for my beloved Bison. I made a trade for a good SP who (it turns out) wasn't playing all that much for his former team. He was in the last year of his contract, and as I have a fair amount of cap room, I made the trade with the intent of resigning the player - otherwise, I made a really bad, dumb trade.

So, I go to negotiate with the guy through my commish, and the man refuses to negotiate because he's not getting enough playing time. He's been in my rotation since I acquired him, and I can only assume "he's" looking at his IP total for the year (which is low) and not at his IP with the Bison (which is normal for a starter over two months of play).

This blows, since I'm getting hosed on the trade I made (not the other owner's fault, at all, btw), and I'm not losing out because of anything I did w/r/t said player, but because of how his previous club was using him.

Has anyone else seen this happen, and is there any way to fix the problem?