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Originally Posted by flamesfever
Then why was management so afraid they'd have to pay a lot more if he went to arbitration?
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I don't know if they were "so afraid."
I think they knew that an arbitrator could (not would) award him more than they wanted to pay and that there wasn't much (if any) of a market for Byron so why risk paying him more when you can let him go and sign him as a UFA for the money/term you want?