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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Why would Rundblad only have 2 years left on his ELC?
No one has answered why Rundblad got so much better treatment than Erixon.
Same draft, played for exactly the same teams and Rundblad is a year closer to his RFA, UFA and big contract.
So you Erixon haters the Flames screwed him out of $4M on his RFA contract.... Rundblad will be getting his payout and Erixon will be finishing his ELC.
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The Flames screwed him out of nothing and Rundblad was not given this magic, "so much better" treatment you speak of.
Rundblad got his contract because the Blues wanted to sign him last offseason before they used him in a trade. Lots of first rounders weren't signed last offseason and were signed during the year.
Erixon was actually offered a richer contract that what Rundblad got by the Flames this off-season with all the bonus clauses included, so maybe he shouldn't have felt so neglected if the Flames were willing to pay him more.
Plus Erixon was also offered a contract last off-season but he refused because he wanted to remain in Sweden and did not want to come over to the AHL. That was his choice and because of that he did not want to sign the contract.
If he was so concerned about being an RFA earlier, and being one year closer to a big pay day he should have signed and not pouted about playing in the AHL.
As a 20 year old who was a first round draft pick you shouldn't be able to pout and force every one of your demands on the team, and then try and say it was the teams fault because they didn't treat you good enough. If you are a whiny, primadonna you are never going to feel like you got treated well enough.
You should man up, be happy to get drafted in the first round, and do what the team thinks is the best for you and the team moving forward.
If Erixon had signed last year I guarantee he would have got called up late last season and would probably be a lock to make the team this year.
Additionally you are assuming that both will be getting big pay days on their RFA contract, which is a huge assumption.
I could argue that him becoming RFA early actually hampers his earning ability on his RFA contract.
For example due to Rundblad becoming RFA at a younger age he may not as ready, struggle his first two seasons to adapt to the NHL game due to being too young, and then resign for a couple years on a RFA deal that is for a lower value since he did not impress in the NHL.
Since Erixon becomes RFA a year later he was more mature and his game was more developed, polished and NHL ready. He then proved more in the NHL and had a break out year in his 3rd season due to being developed and got a bigger contract due to him being a year older and more polished.
So really the Flames were doing him a favor because him being a year older, and more polished allowed him to be more successful before his RFA contract.
See assumptions are fun and can be made up to prove whatever the hell you want to prove.
This had nothing to do with what the Flames did, and it had nothing to do with David Rundblad and his contract (his contract/name was not mentioned by Feaster when going through reasons Erixon didn't sign).
This happened because Erixon, his agent, and his family were playing games with the Flames, wanted the kid to play in New York, and held out in order to make it happen. They knew that they had all the power in negotiations and even declined a max rookie contract, which is usually never given to 23rd overall picks, in order to get it done.