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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Yep. There's no reason whatsoever to start signing guys to "overpayment" deals, even just to reach the floor. That does a few things:
- hamstrings your ability to sign RFA guys down the road, because you have a boat anchor contract (see: Edmonton Oilers)
- Drives up salaries in your organization to play there (see: Edmonton Oilers)
- Reduces your profitability in the short term (See: Edmonton Oilers)
So yeah, pretty much everything the Oilers have done is exactly opposite of what we should do.
I'd rather pay a cap penalty for not hitting the floor than overpaying someone "just because"
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The cap penalty is likely very substantial. Think multiple picks including first rounders.
It hasn't happened yet, but I'm sure Bettman would make out sting a lot to prevent others from doing it