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Originally Posted by ComixZone
again - it's the price of doing business in free agency.
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For it to be simply the cost of doing business, there would have to be a significant sample size of players with similar contracts, but there really isn't - at least not enough to say that it represents the norm. The Gomez contract was similar, but we saw how that turned out. LeCavalier might be the only other one, given his age, that really compares (and not too many people are happy with that one either).
We are talking about a 32 year old player that signed for that amount. Sure, other #1 centres like Staal, Stamkos, Crosby and Malkin who signed similar contracts that took them beyond free agency, but they also have youth on their side.