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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I think it's being said everywhere in this thread, but am I right in being baffled mostly by the part where this level of player gets max term?
I don't know enough to know if the $4M cap space is in the right spot, but sounds like this is not a top 6 player. He also isn't particularly young. Why would you ever lock yourself into a bottom 6 player (who you aren't expecting to graduate to a top 6 player because they are young) for max term? Those are the parts you want to be flexible no?
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It's just to get the AAV down. They will forcibly retire him after the first four seasons of the contract, and the league will look the other way, a la the Mike Smith Special.