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Originally Posted by New Era
What a player could get on the open market is irrelevant. The Flames have a budget, and they pay a player what they think he will bring to the team.
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If you ignore what a player is worth on the open market, you'll soon find yourself short of enough players to field a contending team.
Players are predominately concerned with getting a fair wage based on their worth to all employers, just like pretty much everyone else in the world.
The employer who ignores that is eventually out of business.
GM's just can't decide to pay players what they want to.