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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Treliving didn’t extend Prime Hanifin. He signed 21 year old Hanifin. Who was an RFA, not a pending UFA. He’s at his Prime right now, and that’s probably the case for 4 more years at least.
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What was he going to do, hold out? The contract bought up prime UFA years, and no decline years. Great trade and extensions.
You open windows to compete when you underpay people like Lindholm and Hanifin. Unfortunately it didn’t work out this time, so let’s move on.
I mean if Boston is paying Forbort $3M and it’s so hard to find players like Hanifin, imagine what we could get from a team who needs one. With retention he’d be cheaper than Forbort.