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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yeah, every GM knows the last 2-3 years of that 5 x 5 deal given to a 29 year old are going to be bad. But the alternative is to not get the player at all, and hope an AHL call-up can step in and produce like a 600 game NHLer.
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I would say 90% of the time, the alternative is better.
Development is better than cap problems almost every time.
But I think GMs often don't stay long enough to deal with the repercussions of bad contracts and the benefits of proper development.