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Originally Posted by Captaincanada80
I think one thing that is being overlooked in the Stamkos debate is the fact that your gaining a top end asset for free. There is obviously going to be the over-payment factor in that equation. Set his true value at whatever number 6.5M-7.5M. If you end up having to pony up 9.5M to get the player essentially which is basically paying 2-3M per year for that free asset.
Much as the thought pattern the previous few years in taking on a bad contract player for a prospect or pick, this will probably work similar.
If you think Stamkos can continue at a resonable pace for the duration of the contact then you do this bearing you have the cap space and limited "bad contracts" in the system.
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Sure, but what teams in the NHL aren't either A) a budget team or B) a cap team? That's a bit of a mythical organization you're referring to, imo. Pretty much every team in the NHL is either bound by an internal budget or is spending to the cap (or being prepared to do so) trying to put together a championship team.