[PlayfulGenius]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Yeah. If you are the player, it is simple. Pissing away 6 million to save 300 000. How many years does it take to make that up?

Oversimplified, but... Say you are hanging around doing nothing and really would like 20 bucks. I am the only guy allowed to offer you money, and I offer you 19. Do you take the 19 or tell me to pound sand?

You have a 20 year potential career and think it is worthwhile to pass up 20 bucks one year because you think you can make a dollar more per year.

The team (especially Toronto) will make money. Odds are already that they don’t win the cup. Smart management generally bases decisions on probabilities over technical possibilities.

A year off for the player due to pride over a small percentage of earnings is idiotic.

This is WAY too oversimplified, as the player and agent can make up that gap by getting a signing bonus, or deferring much of the contract to later years... it’s not nearly the risk you’ve pointed out here.

As far as the delay in signing... almost all of that can be made up quite easily. Missing an entire year is another story, as I think it’d be hard to make that all back.

When is the actual deadline... noon eastern??