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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
for a guy that's not proven yet, yes it is
I understand why they did it, in order to try and force the Avs not to match
but this is no different than what Edmonton did to Penner, which a lot of people here then complained here rightfully so set the standard for RFA deals which caused a bunch of inflated bloated contracts
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He has three seasons under his belt at 22 years old, last year putting up 50+ points, leading the league in take-aways, and was 54% in faceoffs.
"Insane" signing a player like that to a 5 million dollar cap hit.
Um, no. Poor choice of words.