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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Flames can afford the worst contract, but it's still the worst contract
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agreed.
its a poor contract in terms of the player brings to the ice vs how much compensation he is getting.
by some people's logic, we could have paid DE 5 million per year, and that would not be considered a "bad contract" because we have cap space?
Meanwhile, people talk about the Byron deal being shrewd because we saved some money in not giving him a qualifying offer? Why? If you are under the cap floor, then people could have paid Byron whatever was awarded in arbitration, rather than risking a valuable asset (other people's assessment), walk away for nothing?
If Edmonton made this signing, I am pretty sure folks here wouldn't be justifying it with the same vigor and passion