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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Why do you think that?
Honestly just curious, as to me it seems to be an obvious move to try to take advantage of a handcuffed GM and to try to thieve a very good player away.
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Because big money offer sheets are the domain of the terminally stupid. And there aren't that many terminally stupid GMs out there who also have the picks available and the cap space available to pull it off.
Most importantly, winning in a cap system requires that players outperform their contracts. Almost by definition, to successfully land a player via RFA offer sheet, you have to give them a deal that they can't outperform. Otherwise, the original team signs without hesitation.
We're fantasizing about screwing the Oilers here, but any team that actually takes him would have to overpay and lose 2 or 4 first rounders in the process. That's not a winning play in a cap and asset management driven landscape.