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Old 01-26-2016, 01:43 PM   #5497
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Originally Posted by BigTuna View Post
I said it that cay he signed it, I was shocked Anaheim gave Kesler that contract. He had a full year left till he was UFA. What was the rush?
It is why Ottawa signed Bobby Ryan to that huge deal before he went UFA. When a team invests young assets in a player they trade for they want the certainty that player is going to be there more than 2 years so they get the deal done well in advance. The longer you wait on the extension the more likely a player will test the market. In both cases it resulted in huge overpriced deals
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