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Originally Posted by Bingo
Yeah that would be quite the organization you'd be running.
Scout has a feel for a 23rd player on the roster and you get him for about 200K more than a contract you can completely bury in the AHL. Doesn't work out and you fire him.
Imagine the line around the block looking to work for that group going forward!
Or even the next day at the office ... "who has an opinion on who we should sign next summer?"
Crickets.
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Yes, to me a buriable contract is almost never a mistake, absent the player being a jerk in the room.
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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Milano looked awful here at camp and basically sealed his fate.
Offering a contract to him based off of a decent season the year before would have been a head scratcher when your organization is hounding younger players and their need to elevate in order to make the team.
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Especially when the teams he has had decent seasons for didn’t seem to make any attempt to keep him.