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Originally Posted by dino7c
oh sweet summer child
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its amazing teams sign players to 80M contracts 2 mins into free agency with no tampering
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Yeah, it's almost as if there's a difference between negotiating on the Q.T. after the season ends versus six months ahead of time. I mentioned that; did you miss it? Or do you really think agents start negotiating terms with third-party teams when their client has barely started the last season of his current deal?
If any team made a contract offer to Nylander at this point, the Leafs could sue the team for tampering, the player for breach of contract, and the agent for breach of fiduciary duty. That would not exactly please the lawyers who run the NHL.
Teams have been fined for tampering in the past over much smaller matters than this.
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and I think you missed the 4 year part
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I didn't miss it. Nylander would still be in his thirties by the time the team was good enough to benefit from having him. He doesn't age at a different rate based on the number of years in his contract.
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I would rather overpay a star by 4M for a few years then spend that money on 3rd and 4th liner
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But why, if the team is doing a full rebuild anyway? They won't have anyone to play with Nylander, and winning a few extra games per year will only leave them worse off in the long run.