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Originally Posted by Goriders
Seems like the decision was based on lifestyle.
One year of his salary and realistically he wouldn’t have to work again.
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Lifestyle is fine, but it doesn’t explain why. Nothing of the deal seems to be optimized for the player. Narrowing the window when you get the most money to make any future decisions easier and give more flexibility in a team trying to trade him to a suitable location if desired would be things that I’d figure would be part of a lifestyle contract. But instead it feels like a deal that was made in a panic and the conditions and details were glossed over to get something signed.
All the disappointment or anger or whatever aside, this is a surprising deal not just because it was with Columbus given all the assumptions and predictions, it’s surprising in large part because of how good of a deal it is for Columbus. I just keep coming back to it being a major miscalculation by Gaudreau’s camp on getting the most for the player.