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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
Why? He stands to make millions more in 2016/17 than he would've had he signed a three year deal.
Unless I'm missing something, he would've earned 925k or whatever this year had he signed a three year deal. Now he gets whatever he's about to sign for, but it will be at least 5x the amount he would've been paid under a standard ELC.
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Yes, but he would've had the leverage to get the $7.5M Tarasenko type deal he wants, and he would've been able to be offersheeted.
Either way he wins, but it seems this way worked out better for the Flames when I think most would assume burning the extra year always works out in favor of the player.