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Originally Posted by Torture
Even if it cant be weaponized hitting the floor is still the easiest thing in the world. If you had "difficulty" hitting the floor why wouldnt you just say "Hey no-name 4th liner, do you want to earn 8M on a 1 year deal?"
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And then every player agent you deal with will raise the price on all his clients, because if you have 8 mil to waste on that bozo, whhy aren’t they getting some of that loot?
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(Isn't that what the Oilers did with Bouchard, just on a longer contract?  )
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Not at all. They just have this weird belief that if they pay a guy like a #1 D, he will magically turn into one. And it causes them to have major cap troubles every single year, which is exactly why you don’t do that.
(I know you were kidding, but it’s actually a good example of how this stuff blows up in a GM’s face. Every defenceman who goes into Edmonton knowing he’s not as bad as Nurse wants some of that cheese.)