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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Offer sheets matched, by virtue of matching, are fair value payments.
Offers not matched, like Penner, is an overpayment.
Obviously the Avs felt ROR was worth that or would not have matched.
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I see your point, but matching also has to do with whether or not they thought it was better to overpay than lose him. It's doesn't necessarily mean they thought it was what he was worth, only that it was better than the alternative.
Part of it is also pride. No GM wants their players poached.
Having said that, they turned down a high 1st round pick and a 3rd rounder for him, so they do value him a lot. Part of building a winning team though is being able to maintain a salary structure where young players aren't paid top dollar as quickly as they were forced to with O'Reilly due to our offersheet.