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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Term matters.
Sure RNH could have gotten $6M per, if he went UFA. But for no more than 5 or 6 years.
Maybe $6.5, if the term is 4 or 5 years.
But 8 years at $5.125 is more expensive than 6 x 6, IMO.
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Term matters and at some point it might be a bad contract. But timing a team to be a contender matters too. The oilers have 4 years to figure it out and 4 years at 5.15 is better than 4 years at 6.5.