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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Jesus H Christ why do this? I mean what must the market be like for ACTUAL good players like Chychrun and Miller? I cannot imagine it would have cost that much more than this to get an actual top-end, borderline elite talent instead of a depth guy on a shooting percentage bender.
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The cap on those top end players made the difference. Miller could not have been fitted in next year, assuming he even could this year.
TB was prepared to pay a premium price for a good player they could fit in cap wise. Plus Chicago certainly did not have to move him absent a huge return. There would have been few players with Hager’s skill level with his contract length and AAV.