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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
If you’re never willing to give a UFA a contract that takes him past age 32, then forget about ever signing significant UFAs.
The tradeoff of UFAs is you can add a difference-maker without giving up any assets except money, but you’re going to overpay for the final years of the deal. Don’t like that strategy? Then you better have elite drafting and development bringing in quality NHLers every season to fill your roster.
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It's probably a smart idea to completely avoid any free agent signing for a player over 30 if the contract is 5 years or longer and the age of the player while in the the middle contract is over 33.
It seems like 95% of these end up being anchors.
Hossa is the only exception I can think of. But it was 12 years and had a low AAV.