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Originally Posted by Coach
Maybe, but those events don't happen in a vacuum. Lots of examples of UFAs tanking after signing big deals. There's nothing to say that tank happens if they sign with team X vs team Y. Lots factors at play there including line mates, personal city preference, current life, etc.. And, in a cap world, NOT signing a player to a long term, big money contract potentially opens room for players who wouldn't otherwise have seen ice time to thrive and maybe you didn't end up needing that player after all, and now you have 4-6M extra cap space to boot.
Huberdeau is a good example. Technically a free agent that the Flames had rights to. Given his past performance and market conditions, he probably earned the contract he got. If it wasn't the Flames, someone would have paid him that. Would it have been a regrettable deal for every team that would have potentially made that deal if not for the Flames? Who knows. But his performance was such that it didn't make the signing team better than the team he left. The team he left was free to use that potential cap space on other players which ultimately netted them a Cup.
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For sure, there is always risk and nothing is guaranteed.
That said, a team that refuses to sign any star player beyond 5 years when everyone else is willing to go higher is going to lose out on more stars than duds they manage to avoid.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Signing Ohtani is “super smart management”? Yeah a bunch of geniuses there signing the best player in the game. Why aren’t we calling the Angels geniuses for signing him first?
The only genius is the tax guy that helped Ohtani save on CA state taxes, the Dodgers are setting aside the money the same as if Ohtani got the PV of his contract paid out annually.
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No. The Dodgers have to set aside at least 46 million per year starting in 2026.
The structure of the deal also helps reduce how much counts against the CBT.