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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
No I'll never understand cause it makes zero sense.
Let's go over this again.
Calgary passed at one year and the very worst what Andrew Shaw will make every year for 6 years.
Calgary could have had Colborne for one year and they still passed on him. What does that tell you about his value?
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Clearly this is a difficult concept for you. Being comparable for contracts don't mean the players have the same value to different teams (Montreal obviously values Shaw more because of their severe desperation for what he brings); it means that their agents will use that contract as a comparable, it is also a comparable if Colborne was going to arbitration. Calgary did not "pass" on Colborne, they chose to avoid arbitration because they feel he could receive an award they aren't comfortable paying. Which actually tells you alot about how comparable these contracts could be if it went to arbitration.