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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
You don't need to hand Maverik a big contract with term.
You basically follow the model that the Canes did with Kotkaniemi where you sign him to a 1 year deal that is tough for the other team to match, and then once you have him, the next deal becomes at a lower cap hit.
In that case the habs signed him to a 1 year 6.1M offer sheet, which then dropped to 8 year $38.56 contract, so a lower AAV.
Now I'm not saying ANY of that is good. That's still way too much for a middling player.
But my point is you could sign Bourque to a 1 year deal, that caps out the compensation at a 2nd round pick. And then you figure out where he fits in long-term and what type of deal works.
Really comes down to how they view him as a player.
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That is a interesting way to do things, but the player would have to be open to that type of arrangement.
Rory Kerins just had a 61 point season the AHL. Do we start to target the same type of player off other teams and not give our own players a shot?
What opportunity are they going to get? they wont be on PP1. We have Kadri, Huberdeau, Coronato, Frost, Farabee, Sharangovich, Zary, Coleman who are above him in the depth chart. Klapka as well right now how his season ended.
We also have some really solid prospects, Basha could be pushing to make the team. Spending picks on middle 6 players that might not even get the shot in that role seems pointless to me. It's all about the big boys now.
I also get that Carolina model, but they have lacked that top guys to get them over the hump.