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Originally Posted by kehatch
I don't understand what Colorado is doing. They nickle and dime the guy two seasons ago opening things up for an offer sheet. They pay Varlamov close to 6 million. Now they refuse to qualify O'Reilly and instead go to team elected arbitration and start trash talking in the media.
I get they want their core under 6 million. But they screwed that up when they left him open to an offer sheet. Maybe if they weren't paying Berra 1.5 million a season...
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Well during that time Colorado did become under "new management" with Sakic and Roy having entering the picture.
Regardless, do you think O'Reilly is worth $6.5M? This is absolutely the right move for Colorado as they either negotiate a new deal with O'Reilly or they have a chance to keep him for less than what they paid for him last season.
And it's also a different situation with Varlamov. Colorado is buying UFA years with Varlamov's contract, not so with O'Reilly. Apparently, Colorado's offer for O'Reilly was a 2 year contract for $3.5M each or 5 year contract for about the same amount. Not sure if that can be classified as nickel and diming given that was O'Reilly was unproven two seasons ago and was on his second contract.