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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
He prioritized getting all these veterans, and presumably did so not expecting anyone to try an offersheet like this.
A couple of years back they did this with Ryan McLeoud where it go to September and he signed for like 781k after scoring 12 goals the previous year. Even Treliving did this with Mangiapane after the 18-19 season where he went until training camp to get a one year league minimum deal.
It will be interesting to see if teams maybe look to protect against the Holloway level offers and try to sign these guys earlier in the summer than have another team double their salary at the risk of a 3rd round pick.
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Signing old farts rather than locking down players on the upswing should be an approach that is no longer followed by GM’s