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Originally Posted by Tinordi
What's wrong with having some center depth? And it would be an unqualified miracle if Knight could step in a replace Stajan on the third line 1 to 1 two years from now.
I mean I get the point, maybe Stajan is made expendable if everything goes right and then we have a $3 million anchor of a contract.
But two points to that then, 1) everything will most likely not go right we'll still likely need some veteran centres and depth and 2) the $3 million looks like peanuts in a rising cap world especially with the new huge TV deal.
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I don't disagree with any of that.
But that doesn't change the fact that a longer term contract is less flexible.
I like having him re-signed. But a 2 year deal would have kept him here as well.
Things
do change. And if they do in this case, that contract will become a hindrance.
It's a pretty straight-forward argument. Saying 'they probably won't want to trade him in the next couple years so don't worry about it' isn't a rebuttal.