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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
At this point, the deal that Franson received, is likey the best that the Russell camp can hope for if he's looking for more than 1 year of term.
Certainly they could go into the season and wait for an injury or two to play out, but that might help you get more money on a one year deal. If he's looking for some sort of term, than what's available in the current offers out there is likely the best he'll get. I don't see anyone giving him a NMC, so he's very likely going to be exposed in the expansion draft.
Russel's not old, but we're starting to see some similar trends to 05-07 where a lot of seemingly decent 28-31 year old guys starting having a real tough time landing NHL jobs, and unable to get deals longer than one year.
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How can this be viewed as anything else than a totally botched handling of free agency by Russell and his agent? I'm willing to bet there were offers the first week of free agency that he will likely never again in his career see come his way. There's no way he can be happy sitting without an employer in August having no idea what city he's going to be living in next season.
I wonder if you start to see more complimentary players like Russell and Franzen sign the best offer they get on day one of free agency rather than hold out and risk being left in the dark?