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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Look at the value on towards the tail end of the deals, when the "cap went up" argument would apply. Briere's buyout is irrelevant - the question is whether he was worth $6.5 million by the end of his contract as a result of the cap going up. Corey Perry? Rick Nash? Travis Zajac? Has the cap going up made those deals into good ones so as to offset the decline of those players?
I definitely agree that the bet on Marchand paid off in spades, but I don't think making those types of bets is a great way to run a hockey team. And I certainly don't agree - which was the entire point of this conversation - that "the cap will have gone up" is likely to make any real difference as to whether a long term deal ends up being palatable.
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Zajac had a single bad season after coming back from an injury that was expected to sideline him longer than it did. I think we need to see whether he bounces back this year before we make a case for him.
Rick Nash and Corey Perry, in complete contradiction to your early point of saying that Stamkos shouldn't be used as comparable, were bonafide stars for their respective teams...following your early logic they shouldn't count either.
With that said, Columbus got Panarin because they signed Nash to his contract extension (via Anismov and Saad), so I'm sure they're happy with how it worked.
Also, I think if you look at the reply that originally set this off. Blankall wasn't saying that the cap-hit would go up by the time Ellis' contract was up to off-set his decline. It was in response to re-signing Josi in a couple years.