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Old 07-12-2017, 10:51 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Textcritic View Post
It is interesting that the trend for promising, young RFA defensemen on their second contracts is to sign for longer terms than promising, young RFA forwards.

I wonder why that is?
Defensemen are more important overall. They play a larger percentage of the game. They are hard to acquire and hard to replace. I think when you're convinced you've found a good young one you're happy to lock them up for as long as possible.
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