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Old 09-19-2019, 09:19 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
It's still pretty early to say, definitively, that he is the real deal. He likely is, but with defensemen it is a little more complicated.

Nonetheless, this is exactly the kind of contract that Ottawa should be issuing, because they are going to be scraping the cap floor for the next few years, and by the time they have cap constraints, $8M will be a much more manageable number.
This is probably the best take in this thread. The senators are taking a real risk, which is somewhat mitigated by the fact that they have cap space to play with.

Sens overpay the player now while they don't need the cap space. In the hopes the cap goes up and player progression improves, thereby making the contract a steal when the senators are actually competitive.
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