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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
^I would argue top prospects are effective in the CPHL. But if people are expecting star ratings after 1 year - that's not realistic. You have very few players that based on their 1 year merit such a rating.
As for signing guys or not - what this analysis misses is a couple pieces
- Signing the guy earlier gives you one more year of service since our UFA ages are locked
- If you can add a good player, even 64ish, for a low cap hit - it makes your team better and therefore gives you a better chance to win - which is the point.
I signed Maatta because I needed a better dman and didn't want to give up assets to get one.
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But you can get UFAs that are in the same range as Maatta for zero cost without giving up those sweet ELC years at the incredible cost of 1.35M.
it's easier to find a replacement for your ECHLer early in their contract, so the claim that you get extra services from your player isn't really applicable for most ECHLers. Mackinnon might be an exception, but he'd be the only one.
I don't think it should be a stretch that we should encourage GMs to sign top prospects that play in the NHL before their 3 year ECHL deal is up.