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Originally Posted by Whynotnow
But why would he even sign the more expensive contract in the first place? He could’ve signed anywhere in the off season for league minimum. I think the plan for Perry was what has been stated, sign a large contract, mentor bedard and get traded at the trade deadline. Best of both worlds, the money and the cup.
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I'm not talking Perry specifically, I'm talking players in the future who find themselves on teams falling apart, now a team could conceivably front load a contract they have no intention of honoring, all it requires is the player and the team to agree, I'm thinking of the 'Nucks and Luongo where he wanted out and they wanted to rebuild but his contract made him untradeable.
Plenty of older players would give up a larger contract to transfer over to a cup contender knowing they are on a one year ELC, they can win a cup and then go back to a huge payday