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CaptainCrunch · 05-19-2017, 11:41 AM

By signing a 5 year term Connors agent is basically giving all the teams in the NHL advanced notice to start clearing cap space for that year. He would literally be able to create a custom market for his client where teams can trade for him but its no guarantee that they would be able to keep him because he's going to dive into a bidding market with a bunch of teams that have cleared the decks to get a still young generational player.

with an RFA bid there are very few teams that are going to be able to clear that much budget and be willing to give up that many draft picks in a year.

But UFA is a different beast and a 25 or 26 year old Connor hitting the market with really no cost to acquire in team assets outside of the money.

Can you say Yahtzee?

05-19-2017, 11:41 AM	#6522
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	By signing a 5 year term Connors agent is basically giving all the teams in the NHL advanced notice to start clearing cap space for that year. He would literally be able to create a custom market for his client where teams can trade for him but its no guarantee that they would be able to keep him because he's going to dive into a bidding market with a bunch of teams that have cleared the decks to get a still young generational player. with an RFA bid there are very few teams that are going to be able to clear that much budget and be willing to give up that many draft picks in a year. But UFA is a different beast and a 25 or 26 year old Connor hitting the market with really no cost to acquire in team assets outside of the money. Can you say Yahtzee? __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!