Agreed though I don't know what exactly his bosses have told him to do in the short term given a lock out is coming and our owners are cheap. We need to do what he's doing and we'll also need to spend some money, eventually.

Apparently he's willing to waive his no trade now and the interwebs mentioned Boston as a possibility. We better get tons of prospects if it happens. Else it's just more money in the pockets of the DeWallets.