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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
A cautionary tale for Conroy for the future. In my opinion you stand firm on term for UFAs but the smart thing to do with RFAs (especially for a market like Calgary) is you try to maximize term. Probability says that a RFA is much more likely to be worth the value eventually of a contract that appears to be an overpay at the beginning than a UFA is to be value for a contract with term at the end of the contract.
I hope next offseason Conroy tries to get as much term as possible for Zary and Coronato. And after that I hope he goes for term on any of the young players that either pop or he thinks could pop. Swayman on a 5 year 5.5 million dollar deal last year looks a lot better than a one year 3.475 million dollar contract.
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I totally agree. Teams need to get away from the model of trying to squeeze the up and comers while paying older players for past production. Pay them for what you think or reasonably expect them to do. Plant the seeds for future goodwill.
It's still a risk. Player projections can be wrong and maybe the goodwill doesn't pan out during the next contract talks, but I think it is a much better risk to take.