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Old 02-28-2019, 01:06 PM   #9890
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This athlete used his leverage to maximize his earnings as early as possible. His agent negotiated well. He won. He was smart to do it.

People are arguing he should have waited to take less money and less term while absorbing risk. That would be dumb.
Money is great and all, but his whole life is about playing hockey, and I would imagine guys like that put a lot of value on winning, and hopefully getting a Cup. He could have signed for 5 years for less money, sure, but then had a chance at achieving a life goal. As it is now, it is slipping away. How much money do you need? Does it make you happy? Once you have enough, is going for your dream not a worthy reason to leave money on the table? Sure, the agent doesn't care about that, but I'd suspect some players do.
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