Yep. GM's pay for potential now on young players, whether that's through high cap hits or long term (aka Nashville). Money that use to go to 29-32 year olds for "everything they've done" now goes to 20-23 year olds for one or two big seasons with the relative security that they're a good player that will keep improving or at least keep producing at that pace.
GM's used to bet on older players continuing their consistent numbers, now they bet on younger players improving on limited big numbers. Either way they're still betting, but the returns are better these days for GM's betting on the young side instead of old.
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