It was going to happen sooner or later. What's even worse is that it's not because the team needs to, but instead because Molson Breweries wants its sports franchise to run on the same business principles as its brewskie franchise. As almost everyone else has figured out, pro sports is its own special sort of bird and can't be compared to anything approaching reality. Shame on the poor reporters who actually wrote that this would have an effect on Vancouver GM Brian Burke's attempts to trade Bure. He just doesn't want to be inconvenienced by it anymore.
Professional athletes are the public equivalent of canaries.
It's a nasty agreement on both sides, but it's one that isn't going to be changed and the canaries can either play by the rules or go back to hunting worms along with the crows and magpies. Bure wants to be on a team that will be competitive and has a good chance for the Stanley Cup. Bure has a horrible secret that will be revealed if he stays in Vancouver. Bure wants cash. If the real reason is one of the four mentioned above, then I want a refund.