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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
It is funny how all these owners when in one on one negotiations with players get rolled and give out signing bonuses and no-trade/move clauses like candy.
Individually they are all softies but when they hide behind Bettman to get the system changed they all become tough guys.
Also why players should flip out at McDavid taking his super discount. They end up giving back tons of benefits at the CBA time so they need to push the envelope as far as they can during individual negotiations. Players needed him to demand the max to set a precedent for other players so they could get it as well.
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I don't know if McDavid taking less to play in Edmonton on a team that's spending to the cap is an issue. It's more when guys like Panarin or Raantenen turn down way more money from Carolina or Seattle to sign in preferred destinations. It's when players won't go to teams who want to spend, but end up not because they don't get the better players that results in less money for players. But with revenue splits and escrow, I don't think they're too worried about that. Seems to be a lot less talk about escrow deductions than there used to be.