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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
He's not worth $9.2 now, it's been 10 years since he had his 101 pt season, since then he's a 75 pt player. 5 x $7.5 would have been a fair deal for both sides. now they're in cap jail with little chance if any to retain Holtby. Samsonov has been great but can he be great as a #1?
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The market says he's worth at least $9.2M for 5 years, teams would have lined up to give him that contract. And likely more.
$1.7M is not the difference between cap jail and otherwise.
Holtby is destined to leave anyway.