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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
If Johnny walks for nothing it will be a massive failure for which the GM should be fired.
That being said, I'm also not convinced that signing him to a long-term, high cap deal is also a good thing.
It seems like that would mean the team continues to be average moving forward.
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I agree that a LW contract can't be too high. As good as Gaudreau is, it's just not the position you can afford to spend the farm on. Treliving seems to me to be strictly market based. Which means a Kaprizov contract (JG will ask for Panarin and Treliving hopefully will say "that was a stupid contract"). I mean, Kucherov just signed a couple years ago, plays RW (albeit left handed), makes $9.5 and he's better than Gaudreau. I suppose you could say Gaudreau and Rantanen are worth the same and pay him $9.25. Or up the value with more term.