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Originally Posted by butterfly
The longer the allowed max contract term is, the more it tests the skill of a GM. If the max term was 1 year, you could never mess up a team and pay everyone exactly what their projected value is. There would be no such thing as “cap jail”. A child could do it.
As the max term increases, players are going to demand it. Whatever the number is. Some GMs will cave and pay dead money. My hypothesis is that an increasing number of them are going to figure this out and refuse to do it as time goes by.
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I think where we disagree is that you think GMs believe they will get full value out of those contracts whereas I think they know they won’t and they don’t care. They are going to prioritize winning in the next 3 years over cap space in 6. Their job is to win a cup and that is what they will aim to do. Having a pipeline of star prospects is basically impossible once a team becomes a contender.
Most teams will naturally cycle through rebuilds and playoffs. The good teams proactively manage into a rebuild while other teams don’t. That comes down to ownership.