The extra year is what kills every contract. Bouma for 2 years at $2.2? Fine, whatever. He earned it, dude blocked a lot of shots that year. But for three years? Come on.
Even the Gio deal; 5 years and you're probably like 'great, go Gio!' - but add on that sixth and there's this stabbing pain your your side telling you 'yeah this is gonna hurt eventually'.
Any of these middling players can stick around for 2 years. They want anything more, remind them they can be replaced with people on one year deals who are better. And then reduce your offer $500k just to show you're not messing around.
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