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Old 05-24-2023, 07:36 PM   #15391
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Following up on this, on the 32 Thoughts podcast Friedman thought he'd be getting around $8M x 8 years. Easy decision - walk. This team has enough older guys locked up. Flexibility is key, and signing an aging player that long, when he wouldn't be a franchise player is just wrong with so many GMs.
Again, the comparable is Patrice Bergeron. How has that worked out for Boston? With the cap rising significantly in the next few years if you can get Lindholm at 8x8 you do that all day long because he will still a very effective guy at 36-37 years old.
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