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Originally Posted by Textcritic
While this is undoubtedly a valid reason, I don't believe for a second that a single NHL player ever rationalises their way into a contract like this. These are the best of the best; the most elite players at their position in the world who have dominated the game at every level for a lifetime. Johnny Gaudreau is going to bet on himself every time instead of hedging his bets.
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Absolutely.
If - IF - the issue is about seeing what next year brings vs this last, performance-wise, every professional athlete on the planet would bet on themselves having a better year, not a worse year.
Probably not a factor though, as both sides would already be discussing numbers based on expectation, not based on last season. And both sides would be assessing expectation higher than what we saw last season.