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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
This is the way. We've lost out on so many great players by being cheap and waiting to see if we can save a few bucks. Lock him into the longest term deal possible as early as possible, and hope that he continues to grow.
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There are risks both ways, but the reward is much greater wrapping him up for 8 years. If he plays his way into a steal of a contract, this team needs that kind of deal as we don't get discounts for newly signed players often.
If we regret it, good chance we won't he whole deal. He is young enough, a bad season or 2 at the start of the deal doesn't mean he won't play well the entire deal. Dubois and IMO Cozens with Ottawa will be a couple examples of bad contracts that turn good simply because players started bad when they first signed and turned it around. Young players aren't always consistent.
Huberdeau might even play his way into a decent deal. The risk is low with Coronato.