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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Fair enough. What I struggle with has been the utilization of those cap dollars. For instance I like Brouwer but if those are the types of contracts we have to avoid because Johnny is getting paid then so be it. The same for Bouma, Frolik, Engellend, Stajan, Bollig, Wideman etc. I would rather pay Johnny and fill the roster with ELC players myself
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Oh ya, totally get that. But that's a different topic, no? (i.e. wasting cap dollars). Saying I'd rather have that $1+M hanging around is certainly predicated on the assumption that it doesn't get wasted.
On that topic though, I'm willing to give management the benefit of the doubt that Bollig/Engelland were about ensuring there were some vets around and overpaying when we had the cap money to waste.
Similar with Stajan to ensure we had a centre to protect Monahan when we were going to suck anyways and also just a good vet to have around. Although 2 more years of that deal instead of 1 makes resigning Bennett a bit trickier.
Frolik is a different situation. That's a valid conversation about whether you think that's a bit of cap waste because it was an actual long term investment to take us through some of our window. I'm personally ok with the contract, but not going to argue anyone who thinks its a bit of a waste.