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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Well this is awkward. Those indisputable facts seem to contradict what some posters said Chicago did.
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When Seth Jones was signed they were certainly not rebuilding, it was their last gasp effort.
Those other players were signed to generally low AAV for years in which they would be rebuilding. So they would have some veteran presence. Nothing longer than 4 years you note.
And these were generally UFA signings. They didn't give up the chance to trade for 1st round picks to resign these players. They were "free" and didn't cost cap space they might need while contending down the road. PLus they didn't make Chicago all that better.
There is a huge difference signing Bertuzzi off the UFA heap than potentially walking away from 3 1st round picks + in signing Lindholm, Hanifin and Andersson to long extensions.