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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
How many superstars re-up before the end of their deal. Why wouldn’t Gaudreau wait to ensure he gets market value?
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Superstars who don't make it to UFA. Most of them?
Crosby signed a year before his contract was ended twice, so did Malkin. Kane and Toews signed as UFA the off-season before they became it. Doughty signed a year before, Kopitar signed in January. Kucherov, Hedman, Point, Vasilevskiy all signed a year prior, compared to only Stamkos nearing UFA period. Most of the top tier teams have a habit of making sure their best players remain for some reason...
There's a reason people point to Stamkos (courting period) and Landeskog (expansion draft consideration) as the players who signed last minute, because there aren't others.