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Old 10-04-2022, 01:28 PM   #98
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Originally Posted by The Yen Man View Post
Because they could have had Austin Matthews AND McDavid?

Edit: Or traded Matthews for a haul. Are you arguing Matthews is as good as McDavid?
No, I'm arguing that it doesn't make any sense to upgrade from Matthews to McDavid for your #1C if the cost is a max term contract and 4 1st round picks. Sure, they'd have McDavid and Matthews, but they'd be surrounded by no one and wouldn't be a competitive team. Better to just keep Matthews as a cheaper and only slightly worse #1C than destroy your team and cap for a marginal upgrade.

Having Matthews and McDavid is useless if the rest of your lineup is ELC and league minimum guys.
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