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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I definitely agree.
I generally don’t think teams should go into free agency and pay premiums for players unless they are:
- elite (Panarin) at age 27 or 28
- a bargain bin contract
Your team just shouldn’t be paying depth players free agent money. It just doesn’t really work, especially in a market like Calgary where we’re generally paying a premium anyways.
Stop spending just because you can.
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Agreed and it does seem like that approach would pay off more in the long run. How many UFA deals would be classified as bad, average or good if one looked back. I haven't done the work but I bet it's something like 50% bad, 40% average and 10% good value.
Would also be interesting to go back and see what % of UFA deals lead to buyouts.
Have some more strict guard rails would seem to be effective. i have a budget in my job, but that doesn't mean I can spend it any way I want. And I certainly don't spend it all unless it's for good reason.
But again it comes down to the dynamics that we don't have visibility to.
Is it "Onwers: Brad we are giving you a full budget so we expect to compete"
Or is it "Brad: Owners in order to compete I need a full budget".