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Originally Posted by Toonage
So it benefits the team (from a cap perspective) to let the player sit all year if they aren't signed by the drop dead date (so to speak).
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Neither side want to miss the season.
But the player can now apply his wanted AAV to the team's existing cap space and see there is a limit to how long he can push things.
Push past that and you create a huge risk of missing the season or collapsing on the term/dollars to fit.