The upside of 1 yr deals is that players have to try. I don’t mind the strategy even though the AAV is likely higher. I suspect on 1 yr deals you get above average effort and performance. Personally I’ve wondered about that strategy for awhile because then you can bail on players that don’t live up to contracts and never have buyout issues, like the Flames, who have for example $2.7 or so million in dead cap space that would have been handy this off-season.
However probably easier said than done as many players unlikely to only sign up for 1 yr.
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