Looking at that contract, and his play this year:
1.He’s not worth anywhere near $7M/year, and if you’re a GM, would you be willing to trade a good player to take on that contract? With current cap restrictions in place?
2. What kind of businessman would leap at raising that salary to $9M in order to keep him on the payroll?
At some point you have to say no to throwing good money after bad. I think that unless you really believe this year is an outlier, you trade for whatever you can get. And if you can’t get any takers, and if his play next year is as bad as this year, you have to bite the bullet and let him go the UFA route rather than qualify him at $9M.
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