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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
It was because it was at a time when most 2nd contract players got a bridge contract. Instead we just handed Phaneuf a long term deal with insane dollars.
Along with Rick Nash it was one of the first few large 2nd contracts in an era where that wasn't the norm. It was a bad choice by Sutter.
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It was also after Lowe let the genie out of the bottle on second contracts. Bad choice, but also the direction the salary trends were going.