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Originally Posted by Ashasx
So your argument is the ROR is all about the money.
You are saying he won't sign a long term deal at $5M with Calgary, but will with another team?
Again, why would this matter?
So you're saying ROR will refuse to take anything less than $6.5M so that he can hit free agency and then sign long term at $5M with another team?
Why wouldn't he do that with the Flames?
Why wouldn't he do that with a contending team if the Flames choose to trade him?
I don't understand your reasoning as to why he MUST hold out to get more money. He won't be getting $6.5M regardless. Everyone knows that.
You are painting him out to be a villain who is only out to screw over teams. When was the last time this happened in the NHL?
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No, I am saying that in the scenario where Feaster goes to his agent in January of next year and says "Hey, we would really like to sign Ryan to a 5 year 25 million dollar contract", his agent has three options at that point in time:
1) Advise Ryan to sign the contract, tell him he likes it in Calgary and will not get a better offer anywhere else;
2) Tell him to not sign and tell him the Flames will certainly sign him to a 6.5 million dollar QO for the next two years. He is then 3 million dollars ahead and in order to recoup the lost wages just has to be good enough to sign a 3 year 12 million dollar deal;
3) Tell him the Flames will not qualify him but that he thinks that ROR will get more money on the open market.
It is not like there is a static market for O'Reilly at 5 million dollars a year and no team will offer above or below that. Christ, today's signing should demonstrate that fact. Any long term offer for O'Reilly in all likelihood has to be at or near the top of what he could get for that term of contract for him to sign. Not sure why he would give up his leverage for any reason other than being a good guy.
If I was a betting man, I would bet on options 2 or 3 every single time.