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Originally Posted by Cappy
I would disagree with this.
Philosophically, the use of an RFA is to allow teams to attempt to sign RFAs for more than their current team is willing to give them, in exchange for draft pick compensation. The higher the amount, the greater the comp.
You are arguably worse off offer-sheeting high-end / core piece players given the immense draft capital you have to give up. It is more cost effective to trade for a high end talent than offer sheet - think Mathew Tkachuk trade vs his potential offersheet.
There is definitely value in signing a player at 2-4 mil and surrendering a 3 or 2 round draft pick as compensation. Add in the cap issues a team has to deal with and it becomes more likely that a team cannot afford to keep them around - set themselves back cap wise trying to match.
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Agreed. I would be more onboard with a 'value signing' than with throwing big dollars and big comp at a higher end player.
And IMO, this would be an excellent value signing.