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powderjunkie · 06-28-2023, 10:57 AM

Really should have held TT until the deadline and gotten an awesome return like we did with Cammalleri.

But it's also fun to remember that Cammi went on a heater after that TDL and landed himself a 5x5M contract a few months later. Which goes to show that GMs often prefer to overpay in AAV instead of giving up quality assets.

While this is a generally weak UFA class, it is chalk full of middle 6 wingers not dissimilar to Toffoli (aside from his career year):

Bertuzzi
Domi
Compher
Bunting
Tatar
Zucker
Barbashev
Kerfoot
Rodrigues
Kessel
Sheary/Drouin/Fast/JVR/Bjudstad/Sundqvist/etc

Toffoli is likely better than most of those guys, but the point is you can probably find a poor-man's-Toffoli next week at a similar AAV without giving up any assets.

06-28-2023, 10:57 AM	#902
powderjunkie Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2011 Exp:	Really should have held TT until the deadline and gotten an awesome return like we did with Cammalleri. But it's also fun to remember that Cammi went on a heater after that TDL and landed himself a 5x5M contract a few months later. Which goes to show that GMs often prefer to overpay in AAV instead of giving up quality assets. While this is a generally weak UFA class, it is chalk full of middle 6 wingers not dissimilar to Toffoli (aside from his career year): Bertuzzi Domi Compher Bunting Tatar Zucker Barbashev Kerfoot Rodrigues Kessel Sheary/Drouin/Fast/JVR/Bjudstad/Sundqvist/etc Toffoli is likely better than most of those guys, but the point is you can probably find a poor-man's-Toffoli next week at a similar AAV without giving up any assets.