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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Do they technically not have to wait until July 1?
I'm guessing a nice even 10M to align with Kopitar's contract, but Doughty could have got much more.
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It isn't valid until July 1, but if both the team and the player trust each other to actually put ink to paper on July 1 (or not tear up the post dated contract) then they can probably sign a couple days early anyway. It's not like other teams were going to swoop in and steal him anyway, that wouldn't have happened for another year. Like my daughter said the other day "no farm no howl".