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Originally Posted by Jacks
I'll preface this by saying I really haven't watched him play, and he looks like a good young player, but remember when RFA used to mean something?
This buys 1 year of UFA?
It will probably end up a good contract but the guy has played just over 100 games and is still on his ELC.
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I think the stagnant cap has just accelerated the way this was already trending. It's becoming much more of a young man's league, players are more able and expected to contribute significantly earlier in their career, and teams are more willing to pay big money to have guys locked up until they're 28 or 29. There will still be stars that get huge money hitting UFA for the first time but the second contract may well become the big one for more and more players.
It used to be that guys were getting paid based on what they'd done previously, now they're getting paid on what it's expected they'll do. It's a bit of a gamble but honestly it actually makes more sense to me.
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