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Originally Posted by Robbob
Sure they offered him a contract. The questions really is if it was maxed out with schedule A and B rookie bonuses. I highly doubt it. IMO Chicago saw where he was after 4 years of developing and when compared to the compensation probably thought Option B (the compensatory pick) was more beneficial to the team in the long run.
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It would be a real surprise if they didn't max it. I've been following the story and they seemed pretty pissed when he wasn't signing. And the schedule A and B bonuses only count for anything if the player earns it.
He looks like a player who will be in the NHL pretty soon. How is a late 2nd round pick an improvement on that?
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Originally Posted by old-fart
I still hope he signs here, but as I have said all along, if he doesn't - no big deal. It is pretty clear he had hugely inflated stats when paired with Johnny Hockey. I don't even think Kevin would try to pretend anything other than JH was driving that line, and he and Arnold were along for the ride.
From all reports, Arnold is a great stand up guy who I hope turns into a Yelle type player. JH is JH... he has proven his size is not an issue at every single level so far, I hope he can translate that to the pros. If he can, we have by far the best player off that line, and arguably the second best as well (Hayes and Arnold are not that far off in my opinion).
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Actually, Hayes was already scoring at a fast pace before he was put with Gaudreau (and when he was playing with pretty bad linemates). His offensive production went up a bit when he started playing with Gaudreau but it wasn't a huge difference.