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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Goes back to what I said earlier. Lack of assets. They don't have the assets to make many deals like that
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In the 2014 offseason, Brad Treliving signed a 31 year old borderline 3rd pair, realistically #7 right-side defenseman to 2.9 million x 3 years (through age 34)
In the 2014 offseason, Steve Yzerman signed a 28 year old high-end top pair defenseman to 4.5 million x 5 years (through age 33)
In the 2016 offseason, Brad Treliving signed a 31 year old 3rd liner with a power-play worthy right hand shot to 4.5 million x 4 years (through age 35)
In the 2016 offseason, Tim Murray signed a 28 year old bonafide first liner with a power-play worthy right hand shot and playmaking to 6.0 million x 7 years (through age 35)
These are free agent signings. Other GMs are simply getting much better value in the market. Assets got nothing to do with it. Cammalleri was deciding between here and New Jersey, those were his two options. he picked the team willing to give him a fair contract. Treliving lowballs good players and then gives mediocre-to-bad players a blank check.