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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Ottawa is doing what Canadian markets ought to do, and what Edmonton did with Draisaitl and McDavid.
You believe in the player and they’ve shown the promise? Lock up their core years and be done with it. Paying players in their prime is better than the alternative.
Buffalo looks to be doing the same. Pay young players what they’re worth today/tomorrow, and don’t grind them.
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Worst case most of these young players will slightly underperform or meet the contract. Best case, the team ends up with some big time value on the back half of the contracts.
Hopefully Conroy is someone who's willing to go that route with players like Wolf, Coronato, Pelletier and Honzek should they start to break out. Was never a fan of how Treliving did business with our own homegrown players by kicking the can down the road far too often.