Yet another factor that MAY come into play is if GMs decide to start holding the line on RFA salaries.
Certainly in MLB GMs are resisting the impulse to give out massive deals as evidenced by the free agent situation this off season. Not directly comparable, but there is no doubt that NHL RFA deals have been runaway lately for both dollars and terms, and I can't help but think that there is due to be a pushback.
You never know what any given GM will do on any given day, but I feel like the volume of outstanding young RFAs this offseason suggests that if there ever was a time to hold the line it would be now.
Food for thought.
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