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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
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.
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Hmmmm didn't realize they are a cap team now. My perspective changes a bit with that knowledge.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't think it's a terrible contract per se (for a cap team with less junk on the roster), I'm just not sure Rakell is much more than a good top 9 guy. It's more about how Murray seems to be taking a page from the Flames playbook and filling his roster with highly paid depth players. If Bieska, Depres, Stoner, Bernier... and possibly Rakell cost him Lindholm or Fowler, then he made a mistake here. I would've prioritized Lindholm on a long term deal and dealt with Rakell later.
I understand the expansion argument in relation to Fowler but not having Lindholm signed at this point is a joke. He is actually worth the money, he's a stud.