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Originally Posted by Beatle17
I understand this but let's use Murray as an example. You trade assets, say a 1st and Kyllington for him and his RFA status. It will cost you $5M to sign him, so you have spent assets plus cap space to acquire him with no replacement in the future from loss of draft pick. Now let's do Markstrom, you sign him for $5.5M, all you have lost is cash, kept your assets and have the draft pick in the future to allow you to trade a contract for more assets. Why to you automatically assume you overpay someone?
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There was a rumor floating around that Murray might only cost a 3rd round pick or less due to his arbitration situation.
Just not a lot of value for a goalie coming off of a down year with arb rights in a flat cap world. Teams are hesitant to give him a big deal.