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Originally Posted by Jay Random
It isn't a question of smart or dumb. Agents of star players know there's always a GM out there who will offer max term, so they make that non-negotiable. Even with RFAs, if you don't offer a guy the whole 8 years, he can Tkachuk you and walk to UFA status at the earliest possible date.
The only way to stop those deals is to take them off the table for every team.
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I don’t want them stopped. I want them to continue. As long as someone is stupid enough to pay top dollar for someone’s 30s, have at it. The Carolinas of the league will keep letting players just leave and icing good teams.