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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
Bob Murray isn't a good GM, this is just another example. Rakell is a good player but they should've signed him for one or two yearso, not six imo. Need a bit more time to see what he really is. Especially because they are a budget team.
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That's why you gamble on these low cap hit long term deals, betting that it'll be a bargain in the last half, where as if you sign a bridge deal and the player keeps improving you are looking at a much bigger cap hit when the bridge deal is over.
Look at TJ Brodie. If Treliving would have signed him to a 2 or 3 year deal we'd be looking at $6 million + in the next year or two. Now they've got him locked up at $4.6 until 2020.
Also, the Ducks have been an internal budget team for years, but they aren't this year. They are already at the cap and don't even have their best young Dman signed yet. Looks like a cap team now for at least a couple years.