I think sign and trades will potentially become a little more relevant moving forward as the 8th year has value when bringing a cap hit down over $1M. One of the reasons we don’t see it is likely due to the rarity players like Gaudreau make it to free agency.
Teams haven’t been able to agree on the value of that 8th year but one of these days it will happen. Hopefully not in this scenario (unless Johnny intends to walk)
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