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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
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.
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Looking at your metapohrical 'offer sheet' and the example of Tyler Toffoli, I am a little curious. What do you think the contract cost of a 24-year-old centre who scored 30 goals in his third NHL season would be? Easily what we'll be paying Sean Monahan long term, no? Add on top acquisition cost. If the Kings put that guy on the market, there would be a bidding war. Are you willing to give up Bennett and a first rounder?
It's easy to say "oh, just go take advantage of a cap-screwed team". But if it was so easy, we would see it happen far more frequently than it does. Sometimes you have no choice but to fill holes on the UFA market, and that rarely means bargain shopping. The fact that we got a guy at market value is impressive enough as it is.