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Old 02-09-2024, 12:23 PM   #750
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Originally Posted by Parallex View Post
That's not a tough choice for me. You take the iffy offer.

The NHL is an efficiency contest. You have X millions of dollars available (The Cap) you need to squeeze in as many wins as you can within X. Every dollar that you overpay on any roster spot is one less dollar that you have to accumulate wins in the remainder.

Now... sometimes it doesn't matter. If the team is a non-contender rebuilding you can have short-term inefficiencies galore because the wins you're losing out on don't matter. But you should avoid longterm inefficiencies because while losing those wins now might not matter it may matter very very much later in the deal.
No, no, no! Heretic! The NHL is not a numbers game!

These are human beings. Unique snowflakes on skates. We must not lose sight of how precious they are and overpay them accordingly for as long as the league will allow.
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