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Old 09-03-2024, 11:46 AM   #164
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Man, I guess I just don't understand it.

If you told me I could make $125M and live in Edmonton, or $110M and live, basically anywhere else including some of the world's best cities, it's just a no brainer. Especially if I had already lived in Edmonton for a decade.
One other factor. The chance of a carer ending injury which negates that $110M.

Players sign the long term contract a year before UFA for "insurance" purposes as much as anything. His choice really was to tell Edmonton he would not sign with them, force a trade, and sign with another team. Like Tkachuk did.
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