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Originally Posted by TheChief
to compare a 26 year old UFA D (I believe youngest player to ever hit UFA) to a 30 year old late bloomer G...
Lets put it this way, the market for Jbouw would have been at the time 29 teams.
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He paid a 3rd and a player for rights that normally cost a 5th or so. And then he signed him to a really rich contract. And sent some good players packing to do it.
It’s a lot easier to sign a UFA if you guarantee them their ask, which Sutter essentially did by paying a big price just for rights.