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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Martin Jones was not drafted because of a CBA loophole. He was passed over in his first year of eligibility, but he absolutely would have been taken in his second.
Also, I really don't see how Koskinen is in a better position. He plays for a worse team, and given how things have gone, his numbers are more likely to continue to get worse than better. While you are correct that we don't know what the demands were, there is little reason to think that Koskinen's contract is anything but an overpay.
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Koskinen is in the better position to make more money because he's a UFA and he's proven to his team, that he's going to be their #1 this season and going forward. What other option does Chiarelli or whoever else is in charge going to have next year? They had no goaltender under contract.
Sign Bobrovsky or Varlamov to potential albatross contracts? Or sign Koskinen to a deal now. Who knows what those other 2 I just mentioned are going to get, so Koskinen's deal might actually end up looking great in comparison. IMO, contracts are all about supply and demand and leverage and unless we're actually in the business itself, we're just left to guess what we think is right.