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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Player agents aren't interested in giving teams "bargains." They're here to help their clients get as much as money as possible.
And the Oilers are doing exactly that. They're playing their "cheap" back up who is already making $2.5M. Back ups don't get paid $2.5M. It's obvious he came in as a high potential 1B and he's over taken the #1 job and will be paid to start for them next season.
This isn't a Ilya Bryzgalov like contract here, so I'm not sure why there's so much overreacting. Possibly because it's Peter Chiarelli and he's made a lot of blunders lately and the perception is, he can't do anything right at the moment. But I don't think the deal is as bad as everyone seems to think it is.
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I don't think negotiating contracts work like that. You absolutely want a bargain and you do everything you can to get it. Chia just signed what was put in front of him. Thinj about it, if this is the "met in the middle" deal then what was the original ask? 6.5mil?
I'm glad Tre made Johhny sweat before getting him at a bargain price. Chia would have signed him for 9 Mil.