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Originally Posted by gvitaly
Because it is the GM's job to maximize assets. If the player provides a positive value on a contract, and doesn't get your team in cap trouble then a GM should sign said player. As you mentioned though, transparency is the key.
For example Weegar is probably worth more now signed long term than when he was in the last year of his deal. Another scenario of maximizing assets was when Tre signed Tkachuk before trading him to FLA. That's also the reason we didn't get much back for Hanifin, he would've been worth significantly more had he signed an extension.
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If I’m not mistaken a sign and trade like Tkachuk is incredibly rare. And the more typical scenario would be for the acquiring team to work out their own extension before pulling the trigger on a trade.