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Old 07-04-2016, 04:37 PM   #760
steveo
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV View Post
Don't take the idea of an offer sheet literally. RFAs are traded yearly by teams strapped for cap space or budget for less or roughly equal to their offer sheet value - just because they weren't officially offersheeted doesn't mean the trades weren't essentially the equivalent of one. How did the Capitals acquire Troy Brouwer in the first place six years ago? A trade while he was an RFA. Let's not act like our Dougie Hamilton acquisition doesn't fall into the same category.
If you don't want them to take it literally, say what you mean the first time.
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