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Originally Posted by rhino
Well good thing YOU would not be the one paying him. If a team can add a player with his natural ability in his prime I think you have to have a real serious look at it.
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What if he's paid 8m/year wayyyy past his prime which will have a large impact on the ability to sign our own stars coming into their prime?
He's not worth what he's paid long-term, and he's not worth the asset cost to get him. Even if TO retains salary for a more reasonable 5-6 mil caphit, the asset cost still isn't worth it.
He has the natural ability you mention, but very little else. And there's a lot of historical evidence of players getting by on pure talent that don't maintain that past their prime age. IMO, Kessel is not even in his prime, he's on the back end. So you maybe get 1-3 years of prime Kessel and then another 4-6 years of non-prime Kessel at the same price.
That price might not matter this year or next, but it certainly matters in the future.