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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Contract lengths need to be looked at in the next CBA. 7/8 is way to long to have guys signed.
4/5 should be maximum.
These massive long term deals handcuff teams from proper roster building or having the opportunity to retool teams when it's not working out.
Just look at Lucic he's played 3 more years than he should and his contract allows zero ability to buy it out or trade him.
That 5.5 million in cap space would be huge. You probably also see star player salaries rise like they have been crying about especially Walsh.
Other leagues have caps and ability to cut a player loose.
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7/8 years is great especially for Canadian teams. What you are discussing is GM problem as everyone knew the Lucic deal was bad, the day it was announced. There were several bad contract handed out that particular summer that everyone knew would age poorly. The GM's likely all knew that as well but were willing to mortgage the future in for immediate success. The funny thing is that none of those teams had any immediate or long term success with any of those contracts as Ladd, Lucic, Okposo, Eriksson, Brouwer, etc all busted nearly immediately. That clearly shows that a lot of NHL GM's are simply not very good at their jobs rather than a systemic issue with long term contract.