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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
To be honest, if I'm only gonna get four productive years out of a player, I don't want to be back-paying him in the final two years. It's just dead cap space.
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This is only true if your team doesn't spend to the cap every year.
If they do (Like Calgary) there is no long term benefit.
Worst case you buy out the last 2 years and spend less total cap over the life of the contract. Lifetime total cap is all that matters if you spend to the cap every year.
If you weren't going to spend to the cap frontloading a 4 year deal may make sense (But would be weird you think you would be spending to the cap in year 5 and 6 but not first 4 years)