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Originally Posted by Poe969
As for Ladd, I don't think he's worth near 6x6 but I hope some team in the west gives it to him. I think he's good but I still think he's really over rated.
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There's 30 GM's in this league and not all of them are great at their jobs relative to the best ones. There is always going to be one or two of them that will badly overpay for players and as a GM you can never use those GM's as the base of your offers to retain players. You offer a number that works for the current and future salary structure of your team and if the player feels they can get a silly offer in free agency you simply have to let them go. For instance with Russell we know he's not a $4+ million defenseman but you just know that a team or two will offer that to him in free agency. As a GM you need to be able to just say "no" to trying to match that kind of money and finding a replacement from your organizational depth and if your organization lacks the depth to replace a player like Russell I would say you have an issue with scouting and development. You can't keep everyone in a hard salary cap yet that doesn't seem to stop NHL GM's from trying.