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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Maybe? Unless the bed gets crapped by a long term career ending injury Jankowski would have gotten a qualifying offer regardless next summer.
Two weeks of an NHL paycheque now is hard to pass up.
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It gives him more time to show he is an NHL player. If he plays in the AHL all next year and breaks into the NHL the year after, he might be able to get a larger second contract. If he burns the first year now, and spends the full next year in the AHL like most are expecting, the second contract wouldn't be much different than his ELC.