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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Disagree with the bolded statement. Their risk is the opportunity cost of the deal. They'll now end up with nothing, and lost big opportunities on the UFA market. Maybe Duchene was not a realistic option, maybe he was. Guess we'll never know. Not only that, but you've now alienated some of the GMs in the league with nothing to show for it.
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I don't know about this in this situation. It seems clear that the reason Montreal's offer sheet was so much lower than expected is because they are nervous about overspending for a player. If this helps to set the RFA market for other NHL GMs I cannot see that they would be overly frustrated by it.