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Originally Posted by Bingo
We see GMs panic and sign their players for more than market all the time, look at the mess in Toronto.
So you can't just discount Monahan and Gaudreau because he used his leverage and made sure their contracts were in and around the ones signed previously and not stepping stones for the NHLPA.
TJ Brodie was another great contract as well.
Hanifin is having a tough week, but his contract is solid. You mentioned Lindholm.
Bennett is pretty much market for his career production to date, Lazar is a 13th forward and inconsequential.
Bouma is the zit, which he learned from in moving on from Coburne, and I'm guessing playing hardball with Jankowski this summer.
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Not to harp on this, but that has to be bit of a stretch....no?
Career 29 pt players are 2.5 million per?
You may be correct and i have no way hw one would actually figure that out, but I would have assumed those guys are generally a million less per season.
I thought that his last deal was at that number because there was still "potential" for him to provide more offense.
I agree though that Treliving has been very good for the most part in contract negotiations with RFA's. Its the UFA guys he simply got clobbered on a few times now.