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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
One thing about the 2 guys Tree signed to short term deals it establishes the pecking order. The players then have to earn the right to stay and earn more and are not getting more leeway than the guys in the core. This was a problem with the Huberdeau and Kadri signings, suddenly they were getting paid more than guys who gave their hearts to the team night in and night out. Understandable if this cause friction between players. It would have been better if we had sigbed Huberdeau and Kadri to short term deals so that anything they got beyond that they would have to earn it and more importantly it respects the pecking order of the guys who were already in the system.
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Huberdeau and Kadri earned those contracts based on what the league was paying it has nothing to do with a pecking order. They just did it in other teams.
Just like Lindholm has earned his next contract and he's asking to be paid.
Bertuzzi signed in Toronto instead of multi year deals because he didn't get a large aav so he went to Toronto to light it up and sign elsewhere next season for long term and more money.
Domi is a throwaway singing who gets tossed around the league.
I would say we established an order this offseason and it's primarily based on Lindholm that's why Toffoli wanted out.