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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Players will take pay cuts but:
Remember, all these players can see what they could fetch on the free agent market and I suspect some would still make a nice penny.
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But this is sort of rubbish when compensation is involved. Sure a team might pay 3.5 million for Ruutu as a UFA. But when they have to pay him and give away players of similar value thats when teams no longer have any interest in him. I shopped him pretty heavily last year and I think I've maybe been offered picks....not even good ones, or 68 OV players for him and the other team ALWAYS wants money sent to help with salary. So to me....it's irrelevent when we talk of an overpaid player with compensation rights. A player like Bouwmeester is easily worth 8 million to someone on the open market, probably more. But when you have to give players plus pay his salary...that drags down his value. Works the same way for a guy like Ruutu. If anyone wants to offer him more than 3 million as a RFA be my guest you can have him, and I look forward to making compensation demands.