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Originally Posted by MarkGio
And any European signings brings us closer to scouts being fired. You can't keep spending salary on players who don't contribute. Max ELC are close to a million buxks. So if your European scouts are costing you a million a year, it's cheaper to find a better scout who's 125K more expensive in salary but brings you value for your ELCs
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The player only makes that kind of money if he's playing in the NHL. He makes considerably less in the AHL.
If a player on an ELC cracks your NHL lineup, he's almost certainly saving the team money because any player who isn't on an entry-level deal will be making considerably more.