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Originally Posted by Savvy27
As for the argument that a year of his ELC is being burned, aren't the Oilers the only team that is actually handing out huge second contracts these days? I know the Flames did it with Phaneuf, but it seems like the GMs of the league have figured out that they do, in fact, have leverage and can keep things reasonable until they start to eat into UFA years.
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Other teams have done it for really good players that have accomplished something - LA with Doughty, Ottawa with Karlsson, Boston with Seguin, Islanders with Tavares, Buffalo with Myers, Carolina with Skinner.
Nothing like the Oilers did with RNH who had barely played 100 games before he got the big contract.