It's true.
For 12th-14th forwards, and 6th-7th defencemen, you damn well better be paying those guys in the neighbourhood of the league minimum.
Paying 2-3.5 mil for these sort of players (I know the plan for Stone's usage changed right after that extension was signed) pretty much negates the strong negotiating on the big skill player contracts that you may have accomplished.
I'm an advocate of always having your best seasoned farm players filling out most of those positions. That or cheap players like Shlemko and Fantenberg are ideal to fill out the bottom of your roster. If a bottom of the roster role player requires more than about a mil and a half, honestly just move on.
You can cycle through kids and league minimum players fairly easily to find the right depth guys. Treliving should never pay more for replaceable skaters than he needs to.
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