Kevin Lowe and the Edmonton Oilers ruined the system that was designed to pay for performance and not for promise. The Penner offersheet and the 6x6 standard 2nd contracts offered by those fools changed the way contracts were envisioned to work. It altered the game and has forced teams to get younger and forgo spending on UFAs. The top end players get richer, the support players get poorer, and the length of the average career likely gets shorter.
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