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Originally Posted by transplant99
Yeah if I am a GM, Im staying away from him after seeing last season. Not that he wont likely start producing again, but because of the small risk he wont and the giant salary it would take to get him to sign an OS. He is very much a one-dimensional guy (and one of the best at that dimension) but im not sure you can hitch your wagon to those types in the cap world and expect sustained success.
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I think the Aho deal demonstrates a couple of things here: First, it looks very much to me like players are keen to use these as leverage points to get what they want from their team—this is essentially what Aho did. Second, this means that it won't necessarily require a massive overpayment to convince a player to sign an offer sheet in the first place. Depending upon the player, that could mean signing a deal that is better than what is being offered by the rights-holding team, but one that he also feels confident will be matched.
It will obviously be different for every player, but I think we are seeing a more variable usage of these by players as a negotiating tool.