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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I'm going to go ahead and say 'he turned down an offer of $6M' is at best a giant smudge on the facts, and at worst an all out lie.
No player is turning down $6M to play for $3.75M.
Do players turn down more money sometimes? Of course. Whether it be for family reasons on where they want to live, or in order to get a no trade clause, or for a particular opportunity.
But he ain't turning down $6M to play for $3.75M. This is Staples dilusio-ganda
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Call it a lie if you want, tweets were posted in the signing thread and it wasn't me tweeting them out.
The problem though is you don't appear to have the foresight to see how turning down money to play in the right situation can massively affect his future earnings.
If Barrie takes 1x6 in say Vancouver, gets PP2 time because they have Hughes, he's looking at a another 35-45 point season. What does his next contract look like? 5x4-4.5?
If Barrie takes the Edmonton offer and foregoes 2.25m now and puts up 65-70 points, he could be looking at 6.5-7 over 5-7 years, potentially gaining 10m+
It's a risk, but it's pretty obvious this is what he is doing.