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Originally Posted by Canada 02
having an open contract available allows the college UFA to sign, play as little as one game, burning the first year of their ELC. That is something the player wants - it is an incentive to sign
Using JT Brown as an example, he signed with the Lightning, played just 5 games last April, is currently in the 2nd year of his two year contract, and will be an RFA this summer.
His contract has a bunch of bonuses in it, but the only real dollars spent on him was $92,500 signing bonus x2, NHL salary for the 5 games played (about $55,000) and his AHL salary this season ($70,000)
So the Lighning bought a prospect for $310K - pretty small investment
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Exactly. They are like draft picks, a lot of the time they don't amount to much, but when resources are marginal supply, you want every advantage you can get to acquire these resources.