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Originally Posted by Geeoff
At the same time, would 8x6 for Bennett be worse than 7x7 for Kadri?
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Probably not - but 7 x $7 was always a mistake for Kadri too.
I'd rather not give out any long term contracts to people that aren't going to live up to it, and giving 7 years to a 32 year old center coming off a career season was always stupid.
And in terms of Sanderson this might end up being a steal...I just don't see the urgency to give him $8M right now.
Even if he goes out and is a Norris finalist this season he's probably not costing much more than $9.5M (Makar is $9.0M, Fox is $9.5M).
Just feels like this is where you should have used the time given to you and at least seen how Sanderson looks this season and then if you need to give him $8.0M you still have time to do that.