 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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| NetBOG wrote on Thu, 10 March 2022 15:18 |
Well, giving a 8th defenceman a one-way contract (for a year) is a bit of a risk.
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The one way part is in the second year of the deal so I hardly see it as a risk. I believe league minimum is 750K, so at 762,500, he's going to be barely making above league minimum. If for some reason he isn't on the team by year 2 when the one way kicks in, considering you get a little over 1 mill in cap relief if you send the guy to the minors, that entire contract if he is in the AHL won't count against the cap. So it literally won't hurt them in any way.
To keep guys, especially if they are European, you have to give them some incentive to stay here if they aren't in the NHL otherwise they will just go back to Europe and some team would sign him in a heartbeat. He will be making 300K in the minors next year. I would bet that if he went to Europe, he could get more than that PLUS have his living expenses covered. If you want quality players in your organization, you do have to actually pay guys something.
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