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Originally Posted by Azure
Everyone likes to say oh its just business, and players have the right to do this forget that many great players have taken discounts to play on good teams, play with certain teammates, or play on certain teams. Just because the salary cap era has driven up player contracts it doesn't mean every single guy coming out an entry level deal needs to max out their second contract because they have put up decent #s.
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I actually think the ethical thing for RFAs to do is to take player-friendly contracts. Just as the ethical thing for UFAs to do is to take team-friendly contracts.
When I say ethical, I mean in terms of setting good comparables for others such that no one is underpaid or overpaid relative to what they are worth.
Underpaying guys during their RFA years only for them to become dead weight contracts upon UFA benefits no one. It's how you end up with guys like Lucic playing out the string and eventually being bought out. Guys deserve to be paid market value, and that market value should be higher for prime years, not for post-apex years.