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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Hopefully we find out in the near future that teams not having cap space isn’t helping RFAs make money as well.
Treliving at some point can look him in the eye and say “So we have (whatever number, say ~6.75) million and not a penny more, it’s all we can do. Do you want to sit out and hope we find more money, knowing there is the risk of missing the year if we can’t?”
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I hope he does say that. But Tkachuk’s side should be professional negotiators too and will come back with “we’re not accepting less than market because you can’t manage your cap. Clear the room you need to pay us what we’re worth. Are you willing to lose one of your best players for a year over that? Waste a year where you could be contending?”
This negotiation should come down to what he is worth which granted is not an easy thing to sort out. Clearly a 1 year deal should have the lowest AAV, but what would that be? The market is not very clear IMO other than Aho set the ceiling for a 5 year deal.