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Originally Posted by transplant99
Was it though?
I think there is a clear strategy from him.
Whether or not it gets executed is yet to be seen, but it;s there.
30M in cap space may be the single biggest weapon anyone in the league has to offer. More than any player or combination of players could return.
How is this for an example...
Knowing the Canucks are both a natural rival both geographically and division wise, and that they are in a serious cap crunch having to sign both Hughes and Petterson to large deals
What happens if he offer sheets Petterson to something like 7 years and 9M per year?
That puts serious pressure on Benning to match and then figure out how to ice a team moving forward.
If he doesnt match, then they get their franchise like C at age 22 for the better [art of the next decade, they seriously weaken their biggest rival and STILL have 20+ Million dollars to play with and recoup some of the lost draft picks.
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I doubt an expansion team wants to start out losing that many draft picks, especially for a player like Petterson.
Don’t get me wrong, Petterson is a gifted offensive player, but he’s not a Bergeron or a Toews type centre at both ends of the ice I would prepared to break the bank on and give up multiple draft picks for.
He’d be better off signing a couple of the premium UFA’s with his cap space than simply going out of his was to screw Vancouver. What goes around.
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