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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Leon Draisaitl is understandably pissed that he likely has to continue playing in Edmonton.
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Glad to see you can discuss something without talking about Edmonton.
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Originally Posted by Hockey Fan #751
What could you do, though? Increase the compensation? That would make teams more likely to match but it would also make teams less likely to offer one.
Decreasing the compensation might work in terms of getting teams to offer them out but then again matching would be almost a certainty in those cases.
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I think they were alluding to some concessions the players made and got offer sheets in return, but there is some sort of collusion going on that limits their use. I couldn't really tell if the guy (Cullen?) was speculating or actually had some information he knew.
But you have had guys like Kucherov who had to be signed when the team did not have the cap space to do so, and no one signed him. I don't know if TB could clear the space needed to match in a week.