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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
You have to be even smarter in the NHL because you can't cut them. The deal won't start until he is 33 and he will already be on the downside. From a business standpoint I don't want to give him more than 2 years. I would go as high as 3 because he is the captain. I think that anything longer than 3 at 8 (and I have reason to doubt Transplant) is bad business... If that doesn't do it, we can get a very nice return for him. We need to find a defenseman who is worth 8 at 24, not 33 and build around that guy. Maybe it's Brodie. Maybe it the guy we trade Giordano for...
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I don't know why it's bad business. If they can fit him into their cap at the start of the contract and it works into their forecast at the end, that's good business.
Yeah, it would be thrilling to have franchise 8 million dollar 24 year old defesnemen, but we don't have that and the teams that are in the position to draft those players aren't going to be looking for Giordano.
So if he fits into the forecasted cap, make it work.
Keep drafting and developing players. That won't stop.