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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The only "cheats" were, for me, Bourque and Dionne and maybe Iginla and Lafleur to an extent, in that they were traded at the end of a long career with one team. The rest either were traded for salary reasons or because they chose to go UFA (for money or whatever other reason). That landscape never changes.
Why would McDavid give up UFA years when IMO he can get a max deal without doing that?
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There was no salary cap in those days. So you have rich teams throwing money at players that teams that couldn't afford so they know they couldn't match. Then they would be traded.
Again, I still think it will be an 8 year deal and then who knows after that. Could be traded, could be UFA, could re-sign.