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Originally Posted by Bingo
I honestly don't see it as a big deal, similar to the Bennett burn in the playoff year.
Jesse P is struggling this year, but now you get to burn a year of his contract without gaudy numbers.
Bennett had a year gone with essentially no numbers, then a 35 season potentially followed by what looks like another 35 point season. Without that burn year, he could have potentially gone 35, 35 and then maybe a big boost to say 60 next year and with it a very different contract than what he's going to sign this summer as it looks.
Monahan had three productive years and the Flames had to pay up to keep him.
I think upper roster players (prospects) off to slow starts get hurt more by the burned year than the team does.
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Puljujarvi burned the first year on his ELC after game 10. Now after game 40, they've burned a year of RFA status. UFA years cost more than RFA years.
It is not like Bennett because Bennett didn't burn a year of RFA status. This cannot be made into a positive for the Oilers.
And in the 3 games since they burned his contract, he was scratched twice, and played less than 4 minutes in one.
Chiarelli burned an entire year of JP's RFA eligibility for 3 minutes and 27 seconds of ice time. It's idiotic.