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Originally Posted by GrammarPolice
It's a hypothetical situation of course, but I guess it's a matter or opinion which is better asset management: keeping said asset on the sidelines while you hope he and his agent will eventually capitulate vs. an overpaid ROR that's actually contributing plus the Flames 1st rounder.
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Originally Posted by kehatch
It depends. I don't agree with how Colorado managed the situation. But from their perspective they felt they couldn't justify paying O'Reilly more money then Duchene. They didn't want to set that precedence.
However, a team putting forward an offer sheet might have bailed them out. It gave them an excuse to give O'Reilly the contract that they had to to sign him. And they even have an excuse not to trade him for the next 12-months.
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Don't forget the option of trading. It was mentioned before that many GMs thought Colorado could do better than a 1st and 3rd round pick they would have received as compensation. They may have been able to orchestrate a good return as time went by. Who knows what a desperate GM would do to trade for ROR.
In terms of an offer sheet bailing out Colorado - I don't think this one really bailed them out. Colorado is taking a lot of heat for matching the contract. The offer sheet was structure so that Colorado would NOT match.