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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Take Hamilton; 6 year for 34.5 M
Sign him to a 2 year bridge for 3m / yr. Deal Trouba got after hold out.
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Easier said than done. Trouba literally sat out because he refused to sign a contract.
Hamilton was offersheet eligible. Knew Boston had already made an offer allegedly better then Calgary's. Why a guarantee that he would sitout and sign? And even then your plan is to force him to sitout, request a trade, and anger him and then hope next negotiations go well?
And still, yes, maybe you sign Hamilton for less total money - ignoring that he just lead the league in defenseman scoring and probably could have got a contract close to the one that would give him the same pay. But now instead of a 5.75M cap hit, he has a 6.75M if he signs at Gio's cap