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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Counterpoint: Johnny Gaudreau signed in Columbus. Flames signed Kadri fresh off a Stanley cup victory.
The salary cap creates parity because every team has an opportunity to sign big free agents, not just the Rangers and Leafs.
It's an old narrative that just isn't true anymore.
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What? The best free agents pick their locations and mostly pick California/Florida/New York teams. Gudreau was a complicated family dynamic where his wife didn't want him on the east coast, but together they chose to be close enough to near that area, while still being away from it.
Kadri is one example yes, and even he wasn't a top tier free agent. He's 32 years old and coming off a career best season, there's a reason he sat around for a lot of the summer until he accepted that we wouldn't get paid what he hoped.