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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
He purchased insurance because not doing so would be nonsensical.
And whatever that insurance is worth, it's not going to cover the entirety of a $50M contract.
They're close. Now we have a soft deadline, and a player with essentially zero leverage given his RFA rights has some.
If Johnny Gaudreau isn't locked up long term before September 4, I'll change my avatar to Donald Trump.
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This assumption has been made all summer. It's not obvious in any way that "they're close".
If they were close, the signings would have been done after the comparibles were signed this summer.