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Originally Posted by Regorium
Then why would you match? If even in a hypothetical scenario you can't walk away from Monahan, then what happens if it actually occurs?
It has happened before. Vanek with his 50 million/7 yr. Weber with 120 mil/14 yr. Weber made the highest salary in the league in 2012-2013 - I don't think you would disagree if I said that Weber wasn't the best player in the league in 2012. Nor was Vanek deserving of a top 10 salary in 2007.
To give you my opinion, any offer that gives the Flames 4 first round draft picks (9.15M over 5 years) I would walk from. Anything less (9.0M over 5 years), I would reluctantly match, and hate life while doing it.
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I think BUF shouldn't have matched the Vanek offer sheet. Weber I think was fine to match. He's still a top notch d-man in the league. So big, strong and nasty to play against.