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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
There are 29.4 million reasons Coleman came here. He had career earnings of like $7M and coming off 2 Stanley Cups it was a no-brainer for him to chase the cash.
DAL is also a fairly isolated NHL city. Some of the Central Division teams might have been a bit closer, but it seems unlikely that DAL or COL or STL or NAS or CHI or MIN would have matched CGY's offer. At which point CGY isn't much different than anywhere else.
STL signed Saad for 5x4.5M. Saad is 1 yr younger with a longer track record and if anything slightly better stats. Would STL have given Coleman an extra year of term + $400k AAV ?
NAS re-signed Granlund for 4x5M. Known quantity to them who can play C. Same age player, 2 years less term.
CHI got a 2nd to take on the last 3 years of Tyler Johnson.
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By all reports Coleman had multiple offers in this range...he likes the outdoors/mountains and thought Sutter was a good fit